Between 1787 and 1788, not only one, not two, but three people wrote 85 essays collectively about the constitution. The three people were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. There goals in the essay was to get a ratification of the constitution, meaning that they wanted people to sign the constitution. In the essays that they wrote, they said the constitution that preserved the Union that was formed would break apart, and how the constitution would HIGHLY empower the federal government, meaning that the government would have a lot of power over the people of the United States, and could abuse that power. They wrote the essays so that there could be a constitution that wouldn't make the government so powerful, and give the citizens rights in the country.