First: Anti-Federalist View

My political cartoon attempts to portray the Anti-Federalist view of the Constitution. The background of the scroll is the written Constitution and the illustration in the foreground represents the Anti-Federalist interpretation of the document. The Anti-Federalists feared that a strong central government would render the individual states powerless. For that reason, I drew my USA character much larger than the other characters. Additionally, Mr. USA is flexing his arm muscles and standing above the “state people” representing the Federal government overpowering that of the state. Further, the USA character is smiling and enjoying itself while the state governments look upset and depressed. Even more, the state people who represent the thirteen states which existed during the Constitution’s ratification, are all very small, weak, and unhappy. If I had created this cartoon during the debate over ratification, I would have published it in a popular newspaper so that it could influence the masses with the Anti-Federalist ideals.