The Constitution extends the power of the general goverment

 "This power, exercised without limitation, will introduce itself into every corner of the city, and country. - It will wait upon the ladies as their toilett, and will not leave them in any of their domestic concerns; it will accompany them to the ball, the play, and the assembly; it will go with them when they visit, and will, on all occasions, sit beside them in their carriages, nor will it desert them even at church; it will enter the house of every generation, watch over his cellar, wait upon his cook in the kitchen, follow the servants into the parlour, preside over the table, and note down all he eats or drinks; it will attend him to his bedchamber, and watch him while he sleeps; it will take cognizance of the professional man in his office, or his study; it will watch the merchant in the counting-house, or in his store; it will follow the mechanic to his shop, and in his work, and will haunt him in his family, and in his bed; it will be a constant companion of his industrious farmer in all his labour, it will be with him in the house, and in the field, observe the toil of his hands, and the sweat of his brow; it will penetrate into the most obscure cottage; and finally, it will light upon the head of every person in the United States." -Robert Yates, "Brutus" in The Anti-Federalist Papers, Page 297 and 298

The Anti-federalist thought the bigger the growth of the government the less free we were

 "If respect is to be paid to the opinion of the greatest and wisest men who have ever thought or wrote on the science of government, we shall be contrained to conclude, that a free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent, containing such a number of inhabitants, and these encreasing in such rapid progression as that of the whole United States. Among the many illustrious authorities which might be produced to this point, I shall content myself with quoting only two. The one is Baron de Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, Chap. XVI. Vol. 1[book VIII]. 'It is natural to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist. In a large republic there are men of larger fortunes, and consequently of less moderation; there are trusts too great to be placed in any single subject; he has interest of his own; he soon begins to think that he may be happy, great and glorious, by oppressing his fellow citizens; and that he may raise himself to grandeur on the ruins of his country. In a large republic, the public good is sacrificed to a thousand views; it is subordinate to exceptions, and depends on accidents, in a small one, the interest of the public is easier perceived, better understood, and more within the reach of every citizen; abuses are of less extent, and of course are less protected.' Of the same opinion is Marquis Beccaria." - Probably Robert Yates, 'Brutus' in The Anti-Federalist Papers, Page 288 and 289

it's interesting to read these people. They quote a lot from Montesquieu. I was once told that when reading someone whether in opposition or not, to go back and read who they quote to get a broader view of what is being said and why.