Back in the 18th century, there were two political parties fighting for power in the newly established United States government. Those parties were the Federalists, a well-organized political party, and the Anti-Federalists, who were barely influential at all. The topic they were both fighting about was the economic stability and political position the government should have on the people. The Federalists were trying to convince the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention that a strong central government is key to a strong country and to ensure the economic stability/liability for the country and the people. While on the other hand, the Anti-Federalists wanted a weak central government but a stronger state government where the different states could handle the different problems within that state instead of having to address their issues to the central government for approval or permission. The Federalists stressed that their idea for a natural harmony of interdependent interests across the continent inevitably stressed the crucial importance or commerce. Hamilton explained that commerce not only circulated wealth among the distant producers and consumers but also sprung up new enterprise. Commerce in Hamilton's words was "the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth  for "in proportion as commerce has flourished, land has risen in value  and agriculture has become "intimately blended and interwoven  with trade. Hamilton was in the eyes of the public and the people saw Hamilton as the face for the Federalists party therefore Hamilton had a big responsibility of explaining to the people exactly what the Federalists were trying to propose. The Federalists hoped by focusing on the prospects for economic development, they would counter the Anti-Federalists concerns about the diminution of states' rights or individual liberties that the new system apparently entailed. The Anti-Federalists believed that th