The anti-federalist proposal for an additional petition in the anglican litany

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JUST A(N ANTI-FEDERALIST) THOUGHT:

During the debate on ratification of the Philadelphia constitution, the Anti-Federalist nephew of New York Anti-Federalist Governor Clinton, Dewitt Clinton, proposed an additional petition to the Anglican litany: “From the insolence of great men, from the tyranny of the rich - from the unfeeling rapacity of the excise man and Tax-gatherer - from the misery of despotism - from the expense of supporting standing armies, navies, placemen, sinecures, federal cities, Senators, Presidents and a long train of et ceteras, Good Lord deliver us.” (Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: The New Rpublic: 1784-1791, p. 269).

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Indeed, Joseph …one newspaper poet wrote:

But LIBERTY, keep thou Columbia free,
Nor let man use us as we use the bee;
Let not base DRONES upon our honey thrive
And suffocate the maker in his HIVE.

Spaulding, New York in the Critical Period , p. 215. [Editor’s remarks] Ibid., pp. 205–22, 259–61; Main, The Antifederalists , pp. 233–38.

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Everything would’ve probably been fine if they had just put a period after “Congress shall make no law” …

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A great spin on:
From ghoulies & ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, Good Lord Deliver Us! - unknown source