Federalists Strengths And Weaknesses

The thesis of the Federalist papers was that the Article of confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution which would ultimately save the nation from the problems of the United States government having strong state government and a weak national government. The Federalist papers addressed the weakness of the Article of Confederation. The federalist were all in favor for ratifying a new constitution because it did not serve as a firm constitution. The new constitution that was brought upon the people to consider for the nation to consider and how it managed the precise balance of federal and state government. The states would have respective freedom, but the federal government would have to ensure and understand specific conditions there were upon the right of the citizens. In Federalist No. 10, James Madison stated, “Liberty is to fiction, what air is
Alexander Hamilton was feared that a weak nation could easily be swept up by grasping foreign power stating, “A nation despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral. (No.11, Page 51) This is one of the reason why the federalist would conduct a better central government that would be strong. Not like the Article of Confederation. Some antifederalist had argued that America could not be governed by a single republican government because it was too big to handle by one. James Madison responded, “It is, than in a democracy the people meet and exercise the government in person. In a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently must be confined to a small spot. A republic may extend over a large region.” This statement was to make the democracy confused and make them take decisions on public matter to be decided on by elected