Richard Henry Lee, former President of the united States in Congress assembled, using the penname “The Federal Farmer,” publishes an anti-federalist essay, warning in paragraph four that if the proposed Constitution for the united States is ratified, it will result in the establishment of two political parties, one egalitarian that will attempt to redistribute the wealth of the rich, and the other plutocratic that will attempt to exploit the poor for their own benefit:

       I see the danger in either case will arise principally from the conduct and views of two very unprincipled parties in the United States-two fires, between which the honest and substantial people have long found themselves situated.  One party is composed of little insurgents, men in debt, who want no law, and who want a share of the property of others; these are called levellers, Shayites, etc.  The other party is composed of a few, but more dangerous men, with their servile dependents; these avariciously grasp at power and property; you may discover in all the actions of these men, an evident dislike to free and equal governments, and they will go systematically to work to change, essentially, the forms of government in this country; these are called aristocrates, [morrisites/Monarchites?], etc. etc.  Between these two parties is the weight of the community; the men of middling property, men not in debt on the one hand, and men, on the other, content with republican governments, and not aiming at immense fortunes, offices, and power.  In 1786, the little insurgents, the levellers, came forth, invaded the rights of others, and attempted to establish governments according to their wills.  Their movements evidently gave encouragement to the other party, which, in 1787, has taken the political field, and with its fashionable dependents, and the tongue and the pen, is endeavoring to establish a great haste, a politer kind of government.  the two parties, which will probably be opposed or united as it may suit their interests and views, are really insignificant, compared with the solid, free, and independent part of the community. 

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