In Document A Federalism it answers the question of why did the constitution guard against tyranny they guard against to portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments They divided state/national into something that both governments wouldn’t have too much power. Central government and state are the two pieces that make up Madison's compound government. Central government has powers needed to run the nation, and state government has important local powers.…
In the first Federalist paper, No. 10 written by James Madison, is an informative piece of writing warning us against the dangers of having such a strong, powerful government and what ways that we can break away from the “Violent Factions”. (Paragraph 1, Line 3.) As Madison goes on, he goes into great detail on the two ways of defeating the creation of factions. One would be to get rid of liberty and freedom all together, which is impossible to complete. The second way to get ride of the factions would be “by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.” (Paragraph 4, line 2.) Both of those methods are equally unwise as it is impossible to complete. As it is hardwired into…
Madison speaks in favor of expanding the role of the federal government because he believes that to do so would improve the quality of…
Imagine our beloved nation, that we fought tirelessly to defend from the tyrant king of England. Just to be split like an axe dividing a piece of wood. The conflict between the larger and southern states will grow into much more than just a debate. The Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan will not work and be productive. The Great Compromise will let the nation thrive because it critiques both plans and let’s the north and south work together. Let me explain why James Madison’s plan will not work.…
According to Madison, factions were caused by a few things. The first was the unequal distribution of property/wealth. Something else that caused factions was the fact that small groups were only for local issues/passions. Too many factions in a political party were dangerous, as each group believed a variety of different things. With many factions holding various opinions, this meant that no political party would have definite control of the government. This meant that the larger the faction, the more it could use its larger values and beliefs on others; merely because there are more people in a larger faction. Madison was against a majority rule. This is why Madison came to the conclusion that…
Madison goes onto say two things, that you can either control the source of factions or the source of factions, and in order to do either of these things you need a republic to control these effects.…
6. According to Madison in Federalist Paper No. 10, why is the Federal Government a solution to the problem in curbing factions?…
One of the most important concerns of the argument presented by James Madison in The Federalist No. 41 & 45 is the possible misappropriation of power that the government has over the country. Madison stresses the importance of maintaining civil liberties and preventing the government from having too much power. The new government will be granted great influence over many aspects of life for the American citizen so there must be a system of checks and balances.…
The tenth federalist paper deals with the idea of groups of people, referred to as fractions. The paper would explain Madison’s view on how factions would propel the needs of each groups. In the paper, Madison explains how humans are self-satisfying, and people would want to have laws and regulations that would meet their own needs. This would create the people to each fall into a fraction, allowing them to be better represented. This would be partially be based on the ideas of Montesquieu, who felt that people must be in either small districts, the fractions, or have direct democracy, which is considered to be impossible.…
2. Madison states that factions can have many causes for forming. What cause does he…
One detail that Madison considered to be beneficial for the United States was its size in that since factions could not be eliminated it was far better to have many small, weak factions rather than few large ones which dominate. In a country with many factions with all separate ideals and beliefs it would be much less likely for a majority to arise and overpower the minorities.…
I believe the United States should reform its governing institutional structures because democracy does not take a great part of it as much as it implies. Through my understanding of the regulation of life in the United States, I have come to realize that it is more of a republican than it is a democratic structure. James Madison, known as “the father of the constitution”, designed the institutional structure to be separated within a form of distribution of powers. Even though Madison’s whole idea of disallowing tyranny through this system is understandable, it has created a major dilemma. This allocation of power has caused a slow and time-consuming flow in the process of taking action. The fear of tyranny has caused…
He envisioned a system where the powers of the federal government were “few and defined,” and acting mostly upon external affairs and foreign relations. Thus, the federal government would be most active in times of war; however, if it did its job well and kept war to a minimum, “the less frequent [would] be those scenes of danger” where it would have greater authority. The states, on the other hand, would possess more power during peacetime, as they would be more concerned with “numerous and indefinite” tasks, among them the “ordinary course of affairs concern[ing] the lives, liberties, and properties of the people.” Again reflecting John Locke, Madison reminded the people that the new government was indeed formed around the best interests of the people. Madison went on to describe the two new powers accorded to the federal government, namely, the powers to regulate commerce and impose taxes. The former, he asserted, everyone was in agreement on; the latter was also necessary. In order to achieve its purpose of controlling foreign affairs, taxation would be required. Madison’s careful treatment of taxation was likely an attempt to encourage Massachusetts, which was very skeptical of taxes, to ratify the…
James Madison defines factions as a group of people united by a common interest. Madison thinks the cause of factions were unequal distribution of property. Madison felt that factions would lead to tyranny by the majority. He said there are two ways to eliminate the negative effects of a faction; first being to eliminate common interest which is impossible, the second being to increase the republic so majority factions cant be formed so easily.…
James Madison begins his famous Federalist 10 paper by stating that a strong argument in favor of the Constitution is the fact that it creates a government in control of the chaos, violence, and destruction caused by the factions in society. James Madison defines a faction as group of people who collectively work together to protect and promote their own economic interests and political opinions. In my opinion, these factions are inevitable, and this because of human nature and attraction theory. When people hold certain ideologies, possess specific amounts of wealth, and possess different amounts of property, they will most likely associate themselves with people who are most similar to them. Factions in society are completely opposite and…