You say that I have been dished up to you as an anti-federalist, and ask me if it be just. My opinion was never worthy enough of notice to merit citing; but since you ask it, I will tell it to you. I am not a federalist….What I disapproved from the first moment also, was the want of a bill of rights, to guard liberty against the legislative as well as the executive branches of the government; that is to say, to secure freedom in religion, freedom of the press, freedom from monopolies, freedom from unlawful imprisonment, freedom from a permanent military, and a trial by jury, in all cases determinable by the laws of the land.11
Hindi ako isang federalist.... Ano naaprubahan ko mula sa unang sandali din, ay ang kakulangan ng isang kuwenta ng mga karapatan, upang bantayan ang kalayaan laban sa pambatasan pati na rin sa executive sangay ng pamahalaan; na ay upang sabihin, upang ma-secure kalayaan sa relihiyon, kalayaan ng pindutin, kalayaan mula sa monopolies, kalayaan mula sa labag sa batas na pagkabilanggo, kalayaan mula sa isang permanenteng militar, at isang pagsubok sa pamamagitan ng hurado, sa lahat ng kaso determinable sa pamamagitan ng mga batas ng land.11