
Centinel 1
“Centinel I,” in Herbert J. Storing, ed., The Complete Anti-Federalist, vol. 2 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981), 136–143. To the Freemen of Pennsylvania . . .The late Convention have

“Centinel I,” in Herbert J. Storing, ed., The Complete Anti-Federalist, vol. 2 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981), 136–143. To the Freemen of Pennsylvania . . .The late Convention have

To the PEOPLE of PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, The measures that are pursuing to effect the establishment of the new constitution, are so repugnant to truth, honor, and the well-being of society,

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, In my last number I exposed the villainous intention of the framers of the new constitution, to defraud the public out of the millions

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, The new constitution instead of being the panecea or cure of every grievance so delusively represented by its advocates will be found upon examination

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, There are few of the maxims or opinions we hold, that are the result of our own investigation or observation, and even those we

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, I am happy to find the comment that I have made upon the nature and tendency of the new constitution, and my suspicions of

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow–Citizens, The conspirators are putting your good sense, patriotism and spirit to the severest test. So bold a game of deception, so decisive a stroke

Copy of a Letter from the Author of the CENTINEL to his Friend in — County. Philadelphia, January 19, 1788. Dear Sir, I received your letter by Mr. —, and

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow–Citizens, Conscious guilt has taken the alarm, thrown out the signal of distress, and even appealed to the generosity of patriotism. The authors and abettors

To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fellow-Citizens, The arguments upon which the advocates of the new constitution the most dwell, are the distresses of the community, the evils of anarchy, and