The argument of why republican government should be the preferred one and where its advantages lie over the democracy is discussed by the federalist. To start with, the problems faced by the governments across the world in past, present and future are presented. One of the major problems comes with the division of representatives to unionize or form factions. In the light of revolution, in the times of chaos and injustice, it is known throughout history that the inception of such situations arose due to some form of unionization, which have been successful in eradicating state and national governments as a whole. The American government is idolized for being strong against the face of such revolutions despite its own multitude of problems. Some common issues faced within a government like the absolute power of the majority is addressed. I believe it to be true due to many real-life situations where the party in power stampedes over the wishes of the other by disregarding their points of view, thereby disregarding potential ways which could help the common citizen. A faction being a group of people who unite under a wing of similar interests and usually aim to achieve something of their passion, which they couldn’t while working alone due to the adversity of society. Some solutions suggested by the federalist lie in potentially obliterating the freedom to operate under freewill or by finding a common ground which every citizen could relate to. Despite the crudeness of the former idea, it is viable solution as it would prevent anyone to have ideas for personal gains under which they could unionize. However, such doing also has a potential for causing the very revolution it was avoiding in the first place. The latter solution, is probably the utmost difficult to achieve in this age and generation of humanity. The diversity of the people beginning from their race, religion, way of life, passions, attachments to someone cause the presence of so many varied interests which more often than not conflict with one another. Given that, one’s opinion and one’s passion complement each other by viewing their actions, we can assume that, it is unattainable to think of ideas that could persuade each and every one. The
Another focus of Federalist 10 is the purpose of having a republican government, which is personally the issue raised in Federalist 10 that resonates the most with me. One of the main benefits of a republic in a large government per Madison, is the lack of power given to factions. In a large and diverse republic, there are large amounts of factions across the country, however, they have little power or influence. While in a direct democracy, there is a small amount of factions, but each faction is
These different views on government made many people think hard on what type of government they wanted. In the end, the Federalist’s point of view won. Today, this type of government still exists. It made one of the
“You make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked that, where there is a consciousness of unjust or dishonorable purposes, communication is always checked by distrust in proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary.”
To solve the problem of republican government in a nation as geographically vast and culturally and economically heterogeneous as the United States, the Federalists needed a political theory to combat this problem. Madison felt that factions posed the greatest danger to governments of the people. Through Federalist Paper No. 10, Madison described the effects and downsides to factions. In the paper he explains, the causes of faction cannot be removed; and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects. Faction will counteract faction, and all of them will keep each other in check. The more factions there are, the more competition there is to keep them in check. Madison explained that there are two methods of curing
This passage was called The Merits of the Federal System and was written by James Bryce. The topic of this passage is the federal system and how federalism affects countries. The author’s purpose is the explain the role of a federal system in a country. Bryce’s thesis is that the federal system had some very strong arguments to supports it, but federalism also has some cons. The federal system can unify a nation under one government and can help develop and expand a country. A con that James Bryce mentions is that federalist nations have to work hard to preserve national unity, but also let diversity thrive.
In the first paragraph, it talks about how a well-constructed union needs to be able to control the violence of a faction. There are problems in factions ,for example “the governments are too unstable, public goods are disregard in the conflict of rival parties, measures are too often decided not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor parties, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority”. Majority rule overruns minorities or the rights of minorities.
There exists a similarity between both the federalists and the anti-federalists. Both felt that government was necessary because ‘men were not “angels”’ (Bryner, Public Virtue and the Roots of American Government, 1987). However, they disagree on the size of government and the republic. The federalists wanted a large republic with a central government while the anti-federalist wanted a small republic with a state government. In this essay, I generally agree with the statements except the part where federalists were republicans because they envisioned the commonweal of the national community. The weakness of this argument is that there may be a false impression that the candidate is truly virtuous. Thus, when he becomes the national government,
In simplified terms, James Madison defines a faction as a group of people who share common interests. He argued against political factions, calling them "dangerous [vices]"because they created problems between the majorities and minorities due to the lack of representation given to the minorities. He did, however, recognize that is would be impossible to completely demolish factions. It is against human nature to have everyone think the same way,
In the article The Fears of the Federalist by Linda K. Kerber and The Fears of the Jeffersonian Republic by Drew R. McCoy, both draws the ideals of the federalist and the Republicans distant conflict of opposing ideas in the political field. Kerber expresses, in her article, how federalist were carefully placed people with leadership from the top minds of wealthy society. As for McCoy shined the Republicans in his article as a bright blue collar society of united people that were more willing to change with more of rebellious mindset. Yet these groups seem to have ideas on different spectrums of the political layout. A vision of what America should become, both feared that the effects of each other's assembly would have on the public and influence for change in the future of the United States stability at home and foreign.
Conflicts always happen as when people discuss with different perspective of views, especially within the parties of politic. Likewise, the spilt into the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans is the most well-known above them all as the result from the disagreement from the two brilliant politicians: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. During George Washington’s presidency, he pointed Hamilton, as the Secretary of the Treasury and Jefferson, as the Secretary of the States in his cabinet. Despite the worry of Washington of damaging the unity, Hamilton and Jefferson had so much objections in each other’s idea of a modelist government they desire to be. As a result, in the end of Washington’s presidency, they declared to separate into the Federalists, leaded by Hamilton and the Democratic Republicans, leaded by Jefferson. Although both of the parties all wanted the best for the United States, like their leaders, the parties has so much contradict believes in the government power, the economy and foreign relations but with so less similarities.
In his Federalist Paper 10, Madison refers to the word “factions” numerous times. A “faction” is a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one in politics. Madison believes factions cause problems among other different factions because they the majority always wins. If Madison were alive today, he would see both political parties as factions. He would also view different unions and organizations as factions. In general, Madison would see any group which shares a common interest and works together to promote their community as a faction.
To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction: one, to remove its causes and the
The topic of this paper is the argument on what the American government should be based off of either anti federalist ideas of federalist ideas. Hamilton will be one to proclaim that the federalist ideas are the best for he makes the point that without a strong centralized government the government will fall and it cannot stand with no centralized government. On the other hand Patrick Henry would be on the side of the anti-federalist because he believes that the government needs to be separated for if it becomes too strong no one can tell where the government will go with all that power but he is sure that if we give the states more power it would be much safer. The reader should very much care on this topic for in the most part this may very well help you understand what you are a part of and what you should see and know about. This can also show you what the government would be like and how it would act, you will also find what your government is and are doing and what they may do later.
We live in this country for the land, and the for the free as Americans we rely on many attributes in this world in order for us to live our lives. Our government has supplied us with many great things for us to be proud of. Our government is “the institutions and processes though which public policies are made for society.” (Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry, p. 7). With all these institutions which includes the President, Congress, the courts and all the federal administrative agencies. These are the institutions that make up public policies for us, and to shape the way we live as Americans. The way this system has been operating through all the years has been
Federalist papers were a series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison and were publish with the pen name “Publius”. They were first written to urge the citizens of New York City to support ratification of the proposed United States Constitution. This paper will analyze the problem of tyranny of the majority in both society and the government by using Madison’s Federalist Papers No.10 and 51. It will also discuss how the republican government and separation of powers provide remedies.