According to the Federalist No. 10, James Madison discussed little bit about factions of the republican government and continued to discuss about them in the Federalist No. 51. The Federalist No. 51 mainly discusses about how to control factions in the republican government as well as how and why the power of government must be separate. According to the Federalist No. 51, there were few reasons that factions had to be controlled by government. ... To prevent this incident Madison provided two methods in the Federalist No. 51. ...

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Federalists No. 10 "Federalists Number 10", authored by James Madison, is where Madison argues for the brilliance of a republican democracy. ... A pure democracy, one in which a society consisting of a small number of citizens ("the haves") who assemble and administer governement would prove no recourse for factions. ...

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The Federalist No. 10 In the paper The Federalist No. 10, James Madison gives his arguments for a Republic government and reasons why he is against a pure Democracy. ... This type of a pure democracy would never be able to control factions because the majority faction would always prevail, and there would be no way to protect minority rights. ... Madison is concerned that, "no man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest will certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity." ... Experience had proved that no position is more false than th...

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There is no way to distinctly define the term without leaving someone's crucial point of view out of the equation. ... In Federalist #10, James Madison summed up factions eloquently stating that "Liberty is faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires." ... James Madison's most amazing political prediction, contained within the pages of Federalist 10, was that the United States being so large and having such a wide variety of interests could make a guarantee of fairness and constancy under the new constitution. ... James Madison knew that no matter w...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. ... At the time of the election of 1800 the Federalist Party was in control of the majority of the power in the government. ... Madison refused to do this, hoping that the federalist could be kept out of the judicial branch. ... The court ruled that they had no right to force or compel Madison to deliver the commission. ... By the court ruling that they had no right to force Madison to deliver the commission they null...

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I don't understand why anyone would not want to live in a land where you're protected by laws that are punishable when broken, where your rights are protected, where there is no government interference with economic gain or markets, where you can be a self made man, where you can speak your mind and not be killed or arrested for it, where you can move where ever you want to and most of all vote for whom you would like to represent you. ... The Federalist Papers 10 doesn't remind me of anything that we've read in class. ... I feel that this is a brochure for a strong central...

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FEDERALISTS vs. ... There were two different sides to this dispute, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. ... I think that no one man or group of men should have too much power. ... He best explains that in his quote saying "History furnishes no example of a free republic, any thing like the extent of the United States. ... James Madison, one of the great thinkers of the Federalists, believed that there would be no corruption in a large republic. ...

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They believed that "power was no longer the problem; liberty was. Executives were no longer the majority threat; legislatures were" (Miroff 27). ... To the Anti-Federalists, liberty meant that you had a say in what was going on, and there is no supreme ruler or force that is telling you what to do. ... The Anti-Federalists proclaimed that with this Constitution, there is no regulation on how much the federal government can tax the citizens and leaves the states with not as much revenue to collect. ... In Federalist Papers 10 and 51, Madison and Hamilton talked about a representative govern...

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It is true that Lincoln's message was originally intended to address the division of slave and slave-free states, but these words ring no less true when applied to the division of American politics between parties of interest. The Founding Fathers knew what we know now, that humans will always form groups centering on areas of common interest, and as James Madison stated in the Federalist Papers No. 10, "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects...the first remedy(is)worse than the disease.... Jus...

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The Federalist No. 39 goes on to define the concept of a republic as a "government which derives all its power directly or indirectly from the great body of people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior." ... Another thought is that "pluralists do not argue that political resources are distributed equally- that would be tantamount to saying that all are decisions are made on majoritarian basis"(Wilson DiIulio 10). ... The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enla...

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The Federalist No. 39 goes on to define the concept of a republic as a "government which derives all its power directly or indirectly from the great body of people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior." ... Another thought is that "pluralists do not argue that political resources are distributed equally- that would be tantamount to saying that all are decisions are made on majoritarian basis"(Wilson DiIulio 10). ... The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enla...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. ... He feels that no one branch should have excessive power when it comes to the process of choosing the affiliates of the other two branches. Madison states, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was his way of anticipating federalism. ... I feel that he has no real basis to his conclusions. ...

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Civic virtue could no longer help rule the states into helping each other as was shown by the disunity in voting and Shay's Rebellion. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification through multiple means of approach. ... Any doubts that the people had concerning the Constitution were addressed by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in The Federalist Papers especially "Federalist #10" written by James Madison which assured people that the twenty to thirty ...

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Political life no longer accepted the existence of parties but was dominated by them (Weisberger, 228). ... By 1800, both Federalists and Republicans had instituted the congressional nominating caucus. ... The Federalist members of Congress also held a caucus in which they agreed to support John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for the Federalist ticket (Cunningham, 106). ... After the Federalist defeat in New York, Hamilton sent an urgent appeal to the Federalist members of Congress to support Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as a Federalist candidate on an equal basis with John Adams. ...

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One of Madison's stronger points for the ratification of the Constitution, Federalist No. 10 states that the Constitution itself governs the potential damage which factions uphold. ... Beard uses Federalist No. 10 in order to show us that "the first and elemental concern of every government is economic" (Beard 120). ... It is evident in Federalist No. 10 that issues such, as religion are significantly more dangerous. ... If it were the case that the Framers work reflected their personal interests, than Madison's Federalist No. 10 would support this claim. ... Beard'...

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James Madison begins perhaps the most famous of the Federalist papers by stating that the fact that it establishes a government capable of controlling the violence and damage caused by factions. ... "So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities that where no substantial occasion presents itself the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts. ... This is because the strongest and largest faction dominates, and there is no way to protect weak factions against the actions of a...

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However, the anti-federalists accurately predicted the new government's over-representation of citizens in the wealthier but smaller classes. ... After recently gaining their independence from the British Crown, no one in the US wanted to return to a tyrannical monarchy, so the Constitution's authors made a plan to divide government influences among separate branches and created a system of checks and balances to hold those branches responsible for one another. ... Although the Bill of Rights was written by anti-federalists in response to their fears that the Constitution could not ...

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By the 1790's, two political parties, the Federalists and the Republicans had emerged in the US. ... The bank would raise $10 million through the stocks. ... These people believed that these new ways to save the economy were not constitutional and thought that the congress deserved no such power. ... [DOC F] By now Federalists and Republicans were heavily defined. ... Federalists feared mob rule most of all especially after the Whiskey Rebellion. ...

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James Madison had previously published twenty-six out of the eighty-five Federalist Papers in 1787-1788, the two most influential Federalist Papers regarding the issues of factions and tyranny were Federalist Papers 10 and 51. ... Jackson stated "There must be no distinction between the rich and poor the great and ignoble" (Remini, p.10). ... Madison stated that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity" (Federalist 10, p.48). ... Madison warns us of a time such as this when a man attem...

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In particular, Federalist papers #10 and #51, James Madison makes bold arguments and comments about the framing of the constitution. ... The main purpose of Federalist paper #10 is factions. ... In Federalist #51, Madison says, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary.... No one group will dominate the highway. ... Madison makes very wise statements in Federalists #10 and #51. ...

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James Madison wrote in Federalist Papers #10, "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." ... The XYZ affair played right into the hands of the Federalist Party. ... Federalist saw this as a demonstration of support for the government. ... Baches ability to get the story out caused much consternation among Federalist. ... No government actions seem...

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These are hard questions to ask, especially about the founding fathers that we have all been taught to respect oh so much and our society holds on such a high pedestal that they can do no wrong. ... Madison says in Federalist 10 that So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities that where no substantial occasion presents itself the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts. ... This is why the Anti-Federalist are so against the constitution. ... This appears to be very op...

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Following the drafting of the Constitution, two major political factions evolved: those in favor of ratification (Federalist) and those that opposed ratification (Anti-federalist). ... In "Federalist No. 10" Madison begins his essay by stating that one of the strongest argument in favor of the Constitution is the establishment of a government with the ability to control the violence and damages cause by political factions. ... "Federalist No. 51" was written to explain the republican form of government and how this proposed government makes liberty possible. ... Suspicion of French influence a...

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Under the Federalists was a $ 10 million growth of the national debt alerted Jefferson and Albert Gallatin, the secretary of treasury. ... Adams had filled with Federalists in last minutes "midnight appointments". ... The Republicans had taken the offense against the judiciary and impeached two Federalist judges. ... No other federal judge would be impeached for more than fifty years. ... So Jefferson really feared that France would take over NO so he nominated James Monroe and Robert R. ...

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