If the new Constitution be examined with accuracy and candor [honesty], it will be found that the change which it proposes consists much less in the addition of NEW POWERS to the Union, than in the invigoration of its ORIGINAL POWERS....The powers relating to war and peace, treaties and finance, with the other more considerable powers, are all vested in the existing Congress by the articles of Confederation. The proposed change does not enlarge these powers; it only substitutes a more effectual mode of administering them.
What viewpoint does this excerpt demonstrate?(1 point)
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The Federalist viewpoint that federal law should be supreme to state law when they conflict
The Federalist viewpoint that federal law should be supreme to state law when they conflict
The Federalist viewpoint that the Constitution will address the weaknesses of the prior system of government
The Federalist viewpoint that the Constitution will address the weaknesses of the prior system of government
The Anti-federalist viewpoint that the Constitution should grant state governments the power to overturn laws at the national level
The Anti-federalist viewpoint that the Constitution should grant state governments the power to overturn laws at the national level
The Anti-federalist viewpoint that a powerful national government poses a threat to the civil liberties of individual citizens
The Anti-federalist viewpoint that a powerful national government poses a threat to the civil liberties of individual citizens
The Federalist viewpoint that the Constitution will address the weaknesses of the prior system of government
The viewpoint demonstrated in this excerpt is:
The Federalist viewpoint that the Constitution will address the weaknesses of the prior system of government.