Why did newspaper editors accused of sedition tend to be republicans?

After the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, many of those jailed for sedition were editors of newspapers who opposed the Federalist Party and were aligned with the Democratic-Republicans.

This is because the Alien and Sedition Acts were a blatant effort by the Federalists to silence their critics after the XYZ affair.

answer; /// the above statement is (false); the smaller states objected to the virginia plan because they would have fewer votes that the larger states;