Luther Martin vs. Landholder: Anti-Federalist Warnings on Consolidation and Tyranny
February 25, 2025
Anti-Federalists / Elbridge Gerry / Luther Martin / Oliver Ellsworth / Ratification Debates
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By: Mike Maharrey In a heated war of words, Luther Martin responded to a series of essays penned by Oliver Ellsworth under the pseudonym Landholder, defending his colleague Elbridge Gerry against ...
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Luther Martin’s Warning: The Constitution as a Threat to State Sovereignty
By: Mike Maharrey Luther Martin, a prominent Anti-Federalist, warned that the proposed Constitution would destroy state sovereignty by concentrating power in a centralized national government. One of the few opponents ...
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Arbitrary Government: How the Founders Defined Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of “arbitrary” government, they considered it the definition of ...
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