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**//Liberty on the Verge of Its Demise//** by DL To the Fellow Citizens of the State of New York:   Ratification of the Constitution and empowerment of federal government will turn our arduous struggles for our independence and victory—which intended to promise liberty and freedom—into wasted efforts. During the Continental Congress, we stood up against the unjust and unreasonable despotism of Britain. We stood up for the common purpose: a desire for liberty, freedom, and independence of this gifted land. A presence of unnecessarily strong national government, eventually becoming a menace, will backfire all the states. The sovereignty and prestige of localities, states, and individuals will be confiscated under the Constitution.  Those that are fancied and positively impressed by the idea of this new centralized government must wake up and see the reality. A new centralized government will grow into nothing but a needless sector of accumulated power that will serve as a simple replacement of the British despotism that we detested and rose up against. The president will become another George III, endangering rights of individuals and violating the fundamental ideals proposed in the Declaration of Independence.  Through their biased and manipulative medium, Federalists directly claim that the power of controlling militia of this land should be gifted to the central government. The idea of “watching over the internal peace of the Confederacy” that the honorable spokesman Hamilton has suggested is both absurd and self-contradictory. Possessing standing armies during the peace time under a centralized authority, from our perspectives, seems like an outrageous attempt to threaten each state and ultimately the people of each state in order to maintain what they (Federalists) consider as an appropriate social order. Seeking control over the army of the largest size resembles the interest of George III.   The concept of empowering a national government with the special rights such as the right to maintain armed forces is shaped by intentions that are rotten at the core. Our liberties are on the verge of forceful seizure. **[Articles- #10 and #12 (Concerning the Militia From the Daily Advertiser. HAMILTON)]**