Josiah Bartlett is neither a federalist nor anti-federalist because his business has nothing to do with politics. His background shows that he has little formal schooling and has begun working as an apprenticeship by the age of twelve, and by the age of 18, he had his own plantations. His background information tells that he had no interest in issues regarding politics or governance. Josiah Bartlett had economic interests since after working as an overseer in small plantations, he thought of saving money so that he can own a plantation.
In his small plantation, unlike many people who used slaves in their plantations, Josiah Bartlett used indentured servants to work in his small plantations, meaning that he did not want any external influence in his economic pursuits. At last, Josiah Bartlett is wondering that unstable currency and high tariffs of taxes imposed by the neighboring states threaten his business of shipping cotton. He remains undecided, wondering whether federalism or anti-federalism would save him.