Answer:
Brutus, No. 1. The Anti-Federalist Robert Yates of New York wrote this essay under the penname “Brutus” in 1787. Like other opponents of the proposed U.S. constitution, “Brutus” accepted the conventional wisdom that republics had to be small and homogeneous—not large and diverse—in order to be successful. The essay argued against a strong central government based on the belief that it would not be able to meet the needs of all US citizens.