48 by James Madison. "In a democracy, where a multitude of people exercise in person the legislative functions tyranny may well be apprehended," and the passage adds that "in a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited the legislative power is exercised by an assembly" (Madison No. 48). .
The Framer's of the Constitution had certain type of government and how it would run in their minds while they constructed what is now our Constitution. Though we the people believe we are run by a democratic government, the real intent by these Framer's was the make the establishment more of a republic than that of a democracy. From the guidelines mentioned in the Papers, there is a strong argument that does suggest this republican argument as an accurate interpretation of the Constitution. There have been suggestions that maybe these Papers embrace more of an anti-democratic or a pluralist interpretation, but the structure of these types of thoughts are completely different than those set forth by the Publius. The Pluralist theory simply goes against everything argued in these documents because one of their views on the government and how it should work does not comply with the thought of majority vote or equal representation. Pluralists believe that there are too many offices, branches etc. that are governing for any group to try and influence it or govern. 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). In other words, their thoughts on ruling are that it is divided among certain elites. This whole concept is depleted in No. 39 when Madison describes that it is "essential to such a government that it (delegation of powers) be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it-(Madison No.