Bill of Rights or Wrongs?

The other day a friend of mine was talking to me about James Madison. Some word had been spreading that he was drafting an addition to the Constitution, he was writing down what rights people had and declaring all this stuff that we already knew that he said would keep the federal government from assuming too much power. My friend and I were in agreement with that grand fellow by the name of Alexander Hamilton, a wonderful federalist, that there was no need for such a document. It was never stated in the Constitution that we gave up any rights just by ratifying it as a state, it was unnecessary to write a document protecting that which was already secure. We federalists have begun to worry that if he and the Democrat-Republicans were writing a document stating what rights all the people had, then what was there that he was leaving out, what rights did we unknowingly give up? What rights were there that would be infringed upon when there was no power to infringe upon them based on the document that Madison is trying to edit? There should be power enough in the central government to do what needs to be done for the nation you live in, Henry is insane in suggesting that a strong central pillar of government threatens individual rights. The "Bill of Rights" as they have begun calling it is more of a declaration of independence from the newly founded Constitutional Government. They want to make sure that those in charge do not get too comfortable and assume power they don't have, but those in power do not want the people to suffer for their ignorances in national affairs.
The solution lies in the people, do they, being all the people of this nation, or a majority in congress; believe that the constitution is doing anything to threaten their rights as individuals when in the preamble it is clearly stated that people have unalienable, natural rights? Do they think that the government will abuse its power and do what ever it wants or do they see the truth that what the government wants is what is best for the people?