▁bread . ▁If ▁we ▁cannot ▁secure ▁all ▁our ▁rights , ▁let ▁us ▁secure ▁what ▁we ▁can ." ▁The ▁pseud onymous ▁Anti - F eder al ist ▁" Br ut us " ▁( pro bably ▁Robert ▁Y ates ) ▁wrote , ▁ ▁He ▁continued ▁with ▁this ▁observation : ▁ ▁Federal ists ▁Supp or ters ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution , ▁known ▁as ▁Federal ists , ▁opposed ▁a ▁bill ▁of ▁rights ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁rat ification ▁period , ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁proced ural ▁un cert aint ies ▁it ▁would ▁create . ▁Mad ison ▁argued ▁against ▁such ▁an ▁inclusion , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁state ▁govern ments ▁were ▁sufficient ▁gu ar ant ors ▁of ▁personal ▁liberty , ▁in ▁No . ▁ 4 6 ▁of ▁The ▁Federal ist ▁Pap ers , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ess ays ▁prom oting ▁the ▁Federal ist ▁position . ▁Hamilton ▁opposed ▁a ▁bill ▁of ▁rights ▁in ▁The ▁Federal ist ▁No . ▁ 8 4 , ▁stating ▁that ▁" the ▁constitution ▁is ▁itself ▁in ▁every ▁rational ▁sense , ▁and ▁to ▁every ▁useful ▁purpose , ▁a ▁bill ▁of ▁rights ." ▁He ▁stated ▁that ▁rat ification ▁did ▁not ▁mean ▁the ▁American ▁people ▁were ▁surrender ing ▁their ▁rights , ▁making ▁prote ctions ▁unnecessary : ▁" Here , ▁in ▁strict ness , ▁the ▁people ▁surrender ▁nothing , ▁and ▁as ▁they ▁retain ▁everything , ▁they ▁have ▁no ▁need ▁of ▁particular ▁res erv ations ." ▁Patrick ▁Henry ▁critic ized ▁the ▁Federal ist ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁legisl ature ▁must ▁be ▁firm ly ▁informed ▁" of ▁the ▁extent ▁of