The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... Madison also makes a case for a large republic in both essays. ... In essay #51, Madison makes a strong case for the independence of the arms of government. ... 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. ... James Madison recognised the evolving of government to locate most of the power in any one of the br...

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James Madison, according to some, is a prime example of a leader who attempted to secure the American people's civil liberties. ... 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. ... James Madison stated that to eliminate factions would be to eliminate liberty, but that liberty is as crucial to factions as air is to fire. ... Roche also went on to call Madison and Hamilton's Federalist Papers...

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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. ... James Madison defended the republican worldview with the primary goal of protection of the people from an omnipotent centralized government. ... 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 states experienced ...

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The Anti-Federalist and the Fight for States Rights and Small Government At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a group of delegates, lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison proposed the adoption of a new system of government for the former English Colonies in the New World. At the time of the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1791 those who supported it where called Federalist and those who didn't where called Anti-Federalist. ... This goal was outlined in James Winthrop Agrippa letter VII. ... They warned against the devices of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton,...

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James Madison and John Jay were two other contributors that Hamilton added to help defend the new Constitution by writing articles as well. ... These are some of the specific arguments made by Madison in a republican mannerism. ... Another example of the "republic" idea throughout the Papers is seen as a contrast between a democratic government and a republic, in No. 48 by James Madison. ... Another aspect of the Federalists Papers that should be brought up is that of the framework within the actual documents themselves. ... The arguments presented in The Federalists Papers can best be describ...

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James Madison and John Jay were two other contributors that Hamilton added to help defend the new Constitution by writing articles as well. ... These are some of the specific arguments made by Madison in a republican mannerism. ... Another example of the "republic" idea throughout the Papers is seen as a contrast between a democratic government and a republic, in No. 48 by James Madison. ... Another aspect of the Federalists Papers that should be brought up is that of the framework within the actual documents themselves. ... The arguments presented in The Federalists Papers can best be describ...

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During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists on the other hand compromised of the educated and rich who felt that the government should be more Hobbes instead of Locke where there must be restraint to have liberty protected. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification...

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For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." ... 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 ...

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Hamilton was the illegitimate son of a Huguenot woman, Rachel Faucett Lavien, and a Scottish merchant named James Hamilton. ... Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. ... The Federalist also showed an insight into Hamilton's views on human nature. ... Hamilton and Madison appeared to be synchronized and opinionated the same way when they wrote The Federalist. ... Madison and Hamilton differed on one key issue though, state's rights [http://www.jmu.edu/madison/hamilton.html]. ...

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Madison A conflict regarding John Adam's midnight judges and the Judiciary Act of 1801: William Marbury was one of several judges who had been promised a seat by John Adams, but never received a commission. James Madison, the Secretary of State under the Jefferson administration did not deliver the remaining commissions, and as a result, Marbury sued him, urging the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the ethical solution would be for Madison to deliver the commission, however the Supreme Court had no authority to order him to do so because...

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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. He feared that Hamilton's view of the Constitution and the unitary system that he advocated would destroy the delicate balance of powers that Madison's unde...

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Supporters of a new constitution that strengthened the federal government included American leaders James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton. ... In his 1788 essay "The Federalist, No. LI, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and former delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia James Madison argued the importance of establishing a system of checks and balances among the U.S. government's different branches. ... Madison believed government needed to control itself. ... The nation's ideas developed from Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison. ...

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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. ... And as James Madison said, " If all people would be angels there would be no need in government." ... In Document number Five, Beard gives us an opinion of the federalist on what is that basis of all government and this document written by James Madison states that " The chief business of government .consists in the control and adjustment of conflicting economic interests." ... As Hamilton has it in Feder...

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Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... To Hamilton's surprise, Madison who was an advocate of similar ideas rejected the fiscal plan. Madison thought it would disenfranchise veterans by repaying spectators instead. ... The failure resulted f...

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The Republicans, under Jefferson and Madison, believed that individual rights are imperative to the success of the union rather than a strong federal government. ... However, Hamilton's Republican opponents, under the leadership of James Madison, purposely blocked the approval of his proposal. ... The Federalists, however, countered Madison's concerns by stating that a country can only function with a strong government. ... Republicans feared the new federal government would consume them, while Federalists acted oblivious to the evils of complete power. ... Arguments between Federal...

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Madison established judicial review, which will allow us to discuss the controversial topic of interracial and same sex marriage. ... Because less and less federalists were appointed to office, Adams had made the decision to appoint the nations court with federalists who would oppose the new republican administration policies. ... This had allowed Jefferson to appoint James Madison "the secretary of state "to "refuse " the appointments and avoid any more federalists from becoming justices of peace. An enraged William Marbury went to the Supreme Court and demanded that Madison give ...

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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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"By the time Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison in 1787, it was accepted by the leading political thinkers in America that freedom of speech and press were natural right belonging to each citizen. Madison, later a congressman, drafted a bill of rights, drawing heavily upon the Virginia Declaration of Rights that was the work primarily of anti-federalist George Mason. Madison's First Amendment, modified in various ways of no great importance to us now, became law of the land in 1791" (Ostrowski 3). ... The Act was enforced against Republican papers in an effort to keep Jefferson&#x...

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Initially when the constitution was drafted, the anti federalists opposed it on the grounds that it gave too much power to the national government. ... Thus, James Madison argued in Federalist no. 10 that it would be in a large Federalist republic such as the United States, that one would find the greatest opportunity for all relevant interests to be heard. ...

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In the federalist papers No.10, James Madison stated that "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man;...according to the different circumstances of civil society. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power;...have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common g...

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Opponents, called the Anti- Federalists, disagreed. Remembering their experience as British colonists, the Anti-Federalists feared that the stronger national government would abuse individual rights. ... The Anti-Federalist Party in particular claimed that unless certain rights were spelled out in a Bill of Rights, the government would easily take over these rights and abuse the people. Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and George Mason were all of the Anti-Federalist opinion. ...

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