As the pseudonym Publius, Mr. Hamilton wrote the following excerpt thereof as published by The Independent Journal, New York Packet and The Daily Advertiser in the summer of 1788...
"I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do? Why, for instance, should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given by which restrictions may be imposed? I will not contend that such a provision would confer a regulating power; but it is evident that it would furnish, to men disposed to usurp, a plausible pretense for claiming that power."
See link for the paper's entire text...
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed84.asp
Both intention and effectiveness of the Bill of Rights was rightly questioned by only a few who had the logical foresight and ethical fortitude, even less considered today the particular history then and since until the present dire juncture.
Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath
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