The American Constitution was the product of extensive and considerable debates over theoretical argument. Robert Yates, believed to be the author of the pseudonymous Brutus I, represents the Anti-Federalist view of governments and how the Constitution should assert its powers over society, while Federalist 10 gives us insight into the Federalist view of society. Both of these documents present us with the best examples of anti-federalist and federalist thinking. One of the main topics of discussion between these two documents is the size of the republics, as well as each's point of view on why their ideas are best for the new society. The Anti-Federalists and Brutus claimed that the new U.S. Constitution would ultimately lead to the end of state governments, the consolidation of the Union into “one great republic” under an uncontrolled national government, and, consequently, the loss of free self-government. Brutus also thought that in such a large and diverse nation, nothing less than despotism “could bind so great a country under one government.” Brutus suggests that large governments make room for “absolute and uncontrollable power” that allows for large and diverse government, which, in turn, would threaten personal liberty. These great governments lead to ambitious undertakings, glory, empire building, and adventurism; everything that Anti-Federalists agree should be prevented in a society. Brutus emphasizes homogeneity and virtue because they represent harmony and discordant principles. People are more likely to be public-spirited in a small republic, rather than in a large one that federalists advocate. In Samuel Adams' letter to John Scollay, we see Adam's Anti-Federalist vision of government. Adams argues… half of paper… effects of factions, Madison argues that factions should be controlled and allowed to exist; Factions are not only essential to a republic, they are also natural and therefore inevitable. While there are a variety of factions, Madison states that the strongest factions are those concerned with economics. As such, Madison advocates a large commercial republic to control the effects of factions: large in that the more factions there are, the less likely a faction will gain absolute power as factions often form and reform short-term coalitions; commercial as the individual must have freedom in the market to preserve the creation of economic factions. A republican form of government is essential to control factions as minorities are given some protection as the representative would be more interested in the public good than self-interest.