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The confusion over the use of "federalist" and "anti-federalist" during the ratification period and the actual meaning of federalism is one of the toughest misconception to break.
If you are confused about the terms "Federalists" and "Anti-Federalist, here is an excerpt from the debates of the first congress, documenting small government man, Elbridge Gerry, dressing down the big government nationalists who created the confusion during the ratification of the Constitution:
"Those who were called anti-federalists at that time, complained that they were in favor of a federal government, and the others were in favor of a National one; the federalists were for ratifying the constitution as it stood, and the others did not until amendments were made [the Bill of Rights]. Their names then ought not to have been distinguished by federalists and anti-federalists, but rats and anti-rats." ~ E. Gerry
