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1787  September 1787  Sept 27, 1787: Cato No. 1 (New York) Full Text of Document  October 1787  Oct 11, 1787: Cato No. 2 (New York) Full Text of Document  Oct 25, 1787: Cato No. 3 (New York) New York Antifederalist Cato takes up "this new form of national government," and compares it with "the experience and opinions of the most sensible and approved political authors, and to show you that its principles, and the exercise of them, will be dangerous to your liberty and happiness." In particular, he shows that the proposed Constitution deviates from the teaching of the great oracle Montesquieu on federalism. Full Text of Document  November 1787  Nov 8, 1787: Cato No. 4 (New York) Full Text of Document  Nov 22, 1787: Cato No. 5 (New York) The New York Antifederalist Cato criticizes the scheme of representation articulated in Article One of the proposed Constitution: "biennial elections for representatives are a departure from the safe democratic principle of annual ones, that the number of representatives are too few," and that the Senate contains the seeds of aristocracy. Full Text of Document  December 1787  Dec 12, 1787: Cato Essay (New York) Full Text of Document  Dec 16, 1787: Cato No. 6 (New York) New York Antifederalist Cato warns his readers that 1) the new government will be an expensive burden on ordinary people 2) "none but men of opulence will hold a seat" in the Senate 3) the House is too "feeble" to "hold the balance against them" and 4) " the executive and senate can destroy the independence of the majority in the house of representatives and 5) "you are told to adopt this government first, and you will always be able to alter it afterwards. This would be first submitting to be slaves and then taking care of your liberty; when your chains are on, then act like freemen." Full Text of Document  1788  January 1788  Jan 3, 1788: Cato No. 7 (New York) The New York Antifederalist Cato warns his readers that the proposed Constitution does not provide an adequate check and balance system between the Senate and the President. Accordingly, and contrary to the advice of Montesquieu, the American people are being asked to place an unreasonable trust in the virtue of their rulers. Full Text of Document