James Madison wrote the Federalist paper number ten by employing the knowledge of not only himself but that of John Locke. ... Or second control the effects of the factions through government. Madison's view and opinions of faction-politics is relevant to today's politics. ... Still another place we view all of these factions is in government elections. ... These states or what are truly giant factions stick together. ...

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People who felt that the states should retain a major amount of power were called Anti-federalist. The others who believed in a strong central government were called Federalist. One famous Federalist is referred to as "the father of the constitution" who is called James Madison and in order to convince those to support the constitution he, among others, wrote up different papers that gave reasons as to why the constitution should be ratified called the Federalist papers. In the tenth paper Madison writes about factions. He believes that factions will forever separate the country from becoming ...

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The tenth Federalist Paper is the perfect manifestation of all these qualities. ... In this edition, Madison speaks out against the faction system and it's place in American life. ... As for what can be done about the possible abuse of faction influence, Madison suggests two possibilities, "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects." ... It appears that the very same political parties we stand by, were a part of Madison's cure for "faction mischief". ... Let his federalist papers carry the s...

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He believed that such factions would destroy the Union they had fought so hard to create. ... In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. ... As long as freedoms are given to every citizen, Madison concludes, that there will be a number of factions united by an idea. Rather than abolishing these groups and the liberty they are endowed with along with them, in Federalist Paper 10, he provides a solution to the problem opposing groups would form. ... In Federalist Paper 10's penultimate paragraph, Madison uses examples to make the point that there may exist a diff...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... Federalist Paper number fifty-one stresses that there is a need for checks and balances between the diverse departments of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. ... Madison ends his paper with the idea that a larger society is more likely to prosper by self-government. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was hi...

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The Anti-Federalist The writer of federalist #51, most likely Alexander Hamilton, makes several great arguments in this document. ... In the 10th federalist paper, the writer says that a large republic can control factions better than a small one. ... If there is a very large government, it could possibly control the faction by force but that is not the kind of approach that should be taken. Also, if there is a larger amount of people, then it would be easier for the faction to grow quickly with new members. ...

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After the constitution, the Federalist papers were created, works to ratify this constitution. 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.... Madison makes very wise statements in Federalists #10 and #51. ...

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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. ... The main problem with a pure Democracy was the formations of powerful factions. ... Madison believed that it is the nature of man to create factions. ... To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction: to remove its causes or to control its effects. ... 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 mi...

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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. ... Calhoun argued that when the government acts and it might hurt a minority faction that action should simply not be taken, with the exception of morale issues. Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and the Southern state...

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The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... Madison takes over the discussion from Hamilton's #9 on how factions can break up the republic. ... The factions can be destroyed or the differences in society can be harmonized to prevent a cleavage. ... One way to ensure this, according to James Madison who wrote this paper, is to ensure that none of the branches has too much power in selecting the people who hold the offices in the other branches. ... Both essays discuss the issue of political factions...

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Creditors everywhere were angry about the depreciated paper money, which the agrarians had made and were attempting to force upon those whom they had borrowed specie. ... During this time Continental army veterans were unable to pay their debts with the paper money that they were supplied with by the Continental Congress. ... However it was James Madison that stated that the way to abolish the rule by faction is to abolish liberty but that liberty is essential to a faction as air is to fire. ... George Mason, an anti-federalist, objected to the final document because of the possibility that th...

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Considered necessary by many at the time of its development, the Bill of Rights became the cause for a huge debate between two different factions: The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists were those who thought that there should be a new Union created with a strong centralized government and individual regional governments. ... On the other hand, the Anti-Federalists were opposed to such a form of government on the grounds that the Constitution, in which it was outlined, lacked clarity in the protections of the individuals. The Anti-Federalists "whose memory of British op...

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Thus, Madison proposes that there are only two ways of solving themischiefs of factions,? ... The second method of solving themischiefs of factions? involves controlling the effects of the factions imposed on the interests of the general community. ... And yes, once again a faction is formed, which leads us to believe that this last form of control is hitherto useless, because even with its purpose to control, the faction with a majority would undoubtedly prevail and leave behind a defeated minority faction. ... Thus the interests of both pro and con factions can be served and be merited th...

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From 1824 until 1857 a number of factions and leaders were in power, all in contention for control. ... The opposing faction, the Federalists, wanted limited central government, local militia, and nearly autonomous states. ... Then, Guadalupe Victoria, a Federalist and a leader in the independence movement, was elected president and was in office until 1828 when Centralists replaced Federalists 1828. ... There was continued war, conservative and liberal factions in power, and a return to the Roman Catholic religion as the favored state religion. ... Once again, many factions began to emer...

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This paper will examine the arguments in favor of local sovereignty as well as those opposed from the past century into modern times focusing in on the policy-administration dichotomy. ... Madison writes in The Federalist 10 Papers, "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society."... "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires."... "The inference to which we are brought is that the causes of faction ...

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Repeatedly in history, countries fall into this pattern after a certain faction of the population seizes complete power in the government. ... The Federalist Papers were written in an attempt to "sell" the Founding Fathers" new form of government to the American citizens. ... In Federalist Paper No. 46, Madison praises the Constitution for "preserving the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over people of almost every other nation" (Madison 46). ... Hamilton conveys his views that an armed citizenry was the best and only real defense against a standing army in Federalist Paper No....

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On the other hand there were Federalists who were afraid of weak central government. After a Shaye's rebellion federalists opposed to the fact that people should have all the power. ... Beard stated that faction divided society in 2 economic classes. ... As Hamilton has it in Federalists Papers and in Constitution. ... Forrest McDonald in the Document number 6 states that " fully forth of the delegates in the convention voted in their state legislature for paper-money and debtor relief laws. ...

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Milkis Paper The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its ratification. ... Party competition first emerged, when James Madison and Thomas Jefferson sought to create a political opposition to Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and the Federalists. Madison who originally had been the leading federalist in the country became the leader of a more antifederalist Jeffersonian Republican party who embraced parties and factions in order to protect and preserve the future of federalism and the separation of powers. ...

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By joining the Chamber of Commerce a business can receive a large amount of exposure getting a large publicity boost in both the online and offline advertising world such as getting your business in the local paper or welcome packets for new citizens. ... In James Madison's Federalist No. 10 he warns of the powers of factions and how they may affect liberty negatively. ... A faction like the Chamber of Commerce has been able to put a majority of businesses in the country into one group and speak on all their behalfs. ... The 2010 elections are a perfect example of how a faction is able to...

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The Federalist ideas and the Democratic-Republican's ideas clashed. ... The Federalist party was condemned for holding a convention in Hartford. ... During this period of time, there was the emergence of growing factional divisions in politics, and sectionalism between the northern and southern states. ... The disappearing of the Federalists helped Monroe's winning for presidency. ... This caused the United States to expand their use of paper money. ...

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To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction. ... The causes of factions are thus part of the nature of man and we must deal with their effects and accept their existence. The government created by the Constitution controls the damage caused by such factions. ... Pure or direct democracies cannot possibly control factious conflicts because the strongest and largest faction dominates, and there is no way to protect weak factions against the actions of an obnoxious individual or a strong majority. ... In large republics, factions will be many, but will be weaker than in small and...

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Of course if arguments were finished after one side makes a bold declaration on a piece of paper that would be quite a different history but the war waged on until 1783. ... But the gaps needed to be addressed and were backburnered until shortly before 1787 when it was decided that a more comprehensive form of national government needed to be formalized on paper, which after much delegation and compromise (between plans proposed by Virginia and New Jersey) was manifested as the "Constitution of the United States of America" later that year, and signed September 17th, 1787. ... Many people fe...

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James Madison explained in Federalist 10, a primary benefit of federalism is that it contains policy fads or fast-moving popular movements in one or a few states, thus preventing the growth of expansion of conflict to the national level. ... Madison argued that the numerous checks inherent in a federal system would control the effects of factions, making "it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a motive to invade the rights of other citizens." ...

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"By the early 1800s, the United States became the first nation to institute nationally organized parties, and was also the first to transport executive power from one faction to another by means of an election" (www.allsands.com, 1). ... In this paper, I will discuss the origin of the American two party system and also, the reasons for its continuance. ... This party was called the Federalists. ...

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