The Federalist Papers were a series of articles written in 1787 and 1788 under the pen name of Publius by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The purpose of The Federalist Papers was to gain popular support for the then-proposed Constitution. You can view the 85 essays outlining this new type of government planned for the U.S. of America by viewing: http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/
The arguments against ratification of the Constitution appeared at the same time in various forms and by various authors , most of whom used a pseudonym such as "Centinel", "Cato", "Brutus" and "The Federal Farmer". Collectively, these writings became known as the Anti-Federalist Papers. They contain warnings of dangers from tyranny that weaknesses in the proposed Constitution did not adequately provide against and while some of those weaknesses were corrected by adoption of the Bill of Rights, others remained, and some of these dangers are now coming to pass. The Anti-Federalist Papers can be viewed on the same site above.
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