Assignment Due 10-29

The Anti-Federalist paper I chose was #7.

“Of all the plagues that infest a nation, a civil war is the worst. Famine is severe, pestilence is dreadful; but in these, though men die, they die in peace. The father expires without the guilt of the son; and the son, if he survives, enjoys the inheritance of his father. Cities may be thinned, but they neither plundered nor burnt. But when a civil war is kindled, there is then forth no security of property nor protection from any law. Life and fortune become precarious. And all that is dear to men is at the discretion of profligate soldiery, doubly licentious on such an occasion. Cities are exhausted by heavy contributions, or sacked because they cannot answer exorbitant demand.”

My interpretation/What it means to me:

A civil war is considered to be one of the worse events that can happen to a nation. It is so bad even in comparison to a deadly plague a sickness that affects a great mass of people, a civil war is still considered worse. Men lose their lives in no regards to what they leave behind in hopes of fighting for a better future of what they left behind. Property during a civil war is not off limits. Anything can be destroyed during a civil war. People fight for a cause and will not stop until their demands are met under any circumstances. I would consider this passage as the highlight of the Paper. This passage means a lot in comparison to the entire paper. A civil war was considered to be so bad that when it’s compared to a plague a civil war is still worse. People fought for change in America and they fought any way that they knew how in hopes of creating a better tomorrow. This Passage highlights these facts. This passage also creates a picture of what a civil war was like. There was no area that was safe by security, or law during a civil war. People fought and stood up for what they believed in anywhere they decided to go.

Federalism:

The difference between horizontal and vertical federalism is the power that each types of federalism contains. Horizontal federalism can be viewed as placing limitations on power, and vertical delegates the direction of power. Vertical federalism provides services such as public and foreign policy while horizontal decides exactly who and how many people get to participate.