Propagandists for the revocation of the First Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, called themselves "federalists." A small contingent of Congressional delegates meeting at the Annapolis Convention of 1786 called for the First Constitution to be amended, but the Virginia delegation arrived in Philadelphia with a plan that would not simply ammend, but would replace the Articles with a centralized governmental structure intended to facilitate the interests of the rising merchant class, while increasing the power of the slaveholding states in Congress.

The anti-federalists argued that the proposed Constitution would give rise to a continental empire and the ascendency of the propertied class over the  ideals of liberty and self-governance that had only recently been won through Revolution. (See Richard Grossman's "Anti-Federalists Speak: Property vs Democracy in 1787")

Here you can read a selection of the anti-federalists' work:

"John DeWitt" #3

"The Pennsylvania Minority"

"Anti-Federalist" #1

"Centinel" #1

"Brutus" #3

"Brutus" #11

"Federal Farmer" #1

"Federal Farmer" #18

"Cato" #5