The Main Differences Between The Federalist Vs....

On November 19, 1863, the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, declared in his famous Gettysburg Address, Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. Lincoln s sentiments express the longstanding tension between the North and the South about state s rights and slavery. Both of these causes sparked the Federalist vs. Antifederalist debates, Abolitionist Movement, and Dred Scott decision that ultimately fueled the divide that started the civil war. The issue of states rights was the main difference between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist views, and its divergence led to the fundamentally opposing views of the north and south. The population of the northern states consisted mainly of Federalists who believed that it is clearly within the provision [of the Constitution] which authorizes the making of all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the United States, as the same has b een practiced upon by the Government . This view suggests that politicians could make laws and regulations based on implied powers of the Constitution, or non-explicitly stated powers. With this right, the Federalists believed it was in the best interest of the country to make a national bank that the national government would control. The bank would consolidate all debts from each of the individual colonies and compile a large national debt. This would benefit the Northern states