Writes Stephen Searer: I don’t think my school ever showed me the Anti-Federalist papers, but here was a gem from the prescient Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to their Constituents: “As this government will not enjoy the confidence of the people, but be executed by force, it will be a very expensive and burthensome government. The standing army must be numerous, and as a further support, it will be the policy of this government to multiply officers in every department: judges, collectors, taxgatherers, excisemen and the whole host of revenue officers will … Continue reading Anti-Federalist Wisdom