Yeah, the northerner's feared a standing army due to memories of the English Civil War/Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The New Model Army was their terror. Meanwhile in the south it was the terror of an armed slave revolt. Between them, they created the 2nd amendment and the Militia as organized but the Militia Acts of 1792.
The militia was, ultimately, the 2nd biggest failure of the founders (right after 3/5 of a person) and nearly cost the US it's freedom several times. The only successful use of the militia was against the Indians, especially in the farce called Black Hawk's War. In the modern world the only value of a militia is as the basis of an insurgency such as the training going on in Ukraine of civilians by the Territorial Defense Forces (
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/10737924 ... k-military ) preferably using a cell organization.