{"id":321,"date":"2010-09-29T00:42:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T00:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/?p=321"},"modified":"2010-10-19T01:25:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T01:25:37","slug":"federalist-24-vs-anti-federalist-10-safety-of-a-standing-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2010\/09\/29\/federalist-24-vs-anti-federalist-10-safety-of-a-standing-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Federalist 24 vs. Anti-Federalist 10: Safety of a Standing Army?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federalist No. 24<\/p><\/div>\n

Federalist No. 24, \u201cThe Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered\u00a0For the Independent Journal,\u201d and Anti-Federalist No. 10<\/a>, argued the necessity and constitutional right for fostering a standing army in the United States during peacetime. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists disputed over the integrity of the government in commanding the forces, especially the legislative branch, the rights of the people and the states, and the realistic danger from neighboring nations. The Federalists\u2019 desire for a powerful constitution and government with secure military institutions, and the Anti-Federalists\u2019 fear of a corrupt system are represented through the key words in each word cloud. Since the documents contended the same issues, the word clouds share similar words, including \u201cstanding army,\u201d \u201ctime of peace,\u201d \u201cgovernment,\u201d \u201cstate,\u201d \u201clegislature,\u201d and \u201cpeople.\u201d Though the word clouds contain the same number of words, and the overall word count for each document is almost equivalent, none of the largest words are the same. This discrepancy shows the difference between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists’ main concerns about national defense. While the Anti-Federalists focused on the potential danger of a overzealous government having control of an army, shown by the repeating words \u201cgovernment,\u201d \u201cdanger,\u201d \u201cpower,\u201d \u201clegislature,\u201d and \u201carmy,\u201d the Federalists emphasized the need for protection against Britain and Spain, as well as on the western frontier with a respectful and considerate army with \u201cconstitutions,\u201d \u201cnecessity,\u201d \u201crespect,\u201d and \u201cgarrisons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether about standing armies or taxation, the Federalists stood for a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists fought what they saw as an overbearing government, set on weakening state powers.\u00a0 Though many of the key words illustrated are expected, the numbers \u201cone\u201d and \u201ctwo\u201d from the Federalist document come as a surprise. However, with further analysis, \u201cone\u201d and \u201ctwo\u201d represent the core sentiments of the Federalist argument. \u201cOne\u201d stands for the unity of the United States under the ratification of the constitution, and \u201ctwo\u201d supports the Federalists\u2019 objective. Hamilton, under the pseudonym Publius, wrote of the proposal for funding an army for no more than two years, that only two state constitutions explicitly prohibited standing armies, and the danger of the two powers, Britain, and Spain, which threatened American safety. \u201cOne\u201d and \u201ctwo\u201d though not immediately conjuring constitutional thoughts, hold the key to the Federalists\u2019 ideals. Obviously, these small but influential words, remain absent from the Anti-Federalist word cloud. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist word clouds demonstrate, that even though the Federalists and Anti-Federalists may have shared some similar words in discussing their opinions on the constitution, their ideals, fears, thoughts on constitutional power were radically different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federalist No. 24, \u201cThe Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered\u00a0For the Independent Journal,\u201d and Anti-Federalist No. 10, argued the necessity and constitutional right for fostering a standing army in the United States during peacetime. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12445],"tags":[12441],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-word-clouds","tag-ratification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}