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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 5362391" data-attributes="member: 58700">They wanted to  strengthen the role and authority of the national government but feared creating a central government that was too powerful. They wished to preserve state autonomy, although not to a degree that prevented the states from working together collectively or made them entirely independent of the will of the national government. While seeking to protect the rights of individuals from government abuse, they nevertheless wished to create a society in which concerns for law and order did not give way in the face of demands for individual liberty. They wished to give political rights to all free men but also feared mob rule.this mindset generated in the late 1700's is incredible and truthfully very progressive for the time.</blockquote>