It is true that Lincoln's message was originally intended to address the division of slave and slave-free states, but these words ring no less true when applied to the division of American politics between parties of interest. The Founding Fathers knew what we know now, that humans will always form groups centering on areas of common interest, and as James Madison stated in the Federalist Papers No. 10, "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects...the first remedy(is)worse than the disease.... Jus...

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Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and ...

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Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and ...

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They believed that "power was no longer the problem; liberty was. Executives were no longer the majority threat; legislatures were" (Miroff 27). ... To the Anti-Federalists, liberty meant that you had a say in what was going on, and there is no supreme ruler or force that is telling you what to do. ... The Anti-Federalists proclaimed that with this Constitution, there is no regulation on how much the federal government can tax the citizens and leaves the states with not as much revenue to collect. ... In Federalist Papers 10 and 51, Madison and Hamilton talked about a representative govern...

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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. ... Jackson stated "There must be no distinction between the rich and poor the great and ignoble" (Remini, p.10). ... Madison stated that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity" (Federalist 10, p.48). ... Madison warns us of a time such as this when a man attem...

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Civic virtue could no longer help rule the states into helping each other as was shown by the disunity in voting and Shay's Rebellion. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification through multiple means of approach. ... Any doubts that the people had concerning the Constitution were addressed by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in The Federalist Papers especially "Federalist #10" written by James Madison which assured people that the twenty to thirty ...

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In his book, he argues that the members of the Convention were indifferent about the future economic well being of America as long as the wealthy stayed wealthy, and he supported his thesis through citations of the Federalist Papers, particularly Madison's Federalist No. 10. ... Beard uses Federalist No. 10 in order to show us that "the first and elemental concern of every government is economic" (Beard 120). ... It is evident in Federalist No. 10 that issues such, as religion are significantly more dangerous. ... If it were the case that the Framers work reflected their pers...

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The words common good were used a lot in the writing of the federalist papers by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay but you have to wonder that the terms common good actually mean. ... In the federalist papers though, you see a different kind of common good. ... These are hard questions to ask, especially about the founding fathers that we have all been taught to respect oh so much and our society holds on such a high pedestal that they can do no wrong. ... Madison says in Federalist 10 that So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities that where no substantial occas...

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The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... In Essay #10, Madison tackles the question of how to deal with factions whose interests or goals may be in contention with the people's rights. ... While Essay #10 is all about the essays, Madison discusses them at the end of Essay #51 too. ... To solve this, he offers a more concrete solution in Essay #51 than he does in Number 10. ... Since all the citizens of a large state are allowed mingling with each other, no single group will emerge as being in so...

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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 the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." ... The XYZ affair played right into the hands of the Federalist Party. ... Federalist saw this as a demonstration of support for the government. ... Baches ability to get the story out caused much consternation among Federalist. ... No government actions seem...

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The last if not the most important major development in the Constitution during the federalist stage was the establishment of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments that were originally created as a compromise between the federalists and anti-federalist, as the anti-federalist strongly believed that US citizens needed protection from the central government and that these protections should be neatly and specifically spelled out in the Constitution. The anti-federalists flat out did not want anything to do with this new social contract that the founding fathers were...

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In fact, she says, "cotton productivity, no doubt due to the sharecropping system that replaced slavery, remained central to the American economy for a very long time Cotton was the leading American export from 1803 to 1937." 1. ... The Southern representation at the turn of the century were the Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson. The Anti-Federalists spoke primarily for agricultural interests and values. ... No one was better prepared to defend the Constitution than New Yorker, and federalist, Alexander Hamilton. ... Known as "The Federalist Papers," these remarkable essays proved crit...

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In The Federalist Papers, James Madison comes to the realization that " the latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man- (Fed 10, 73), the nature to act in favor of his own self-interest. ... A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions- (Fed 51, 319). ...

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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's party from defeating the federalists in the 1800 election. ... In the end, as Learned Hand said, "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution or court can save ...

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Jefferson clearly explained to the priest about how they need not fear government interfering with their religious activities because the Bill of Rights declares that there shall be no establishment of a national church. This decision of no one main church mainly derived from the result of Henry VIII's tyrannical government after gaining more power from taking charge of religion by creating his own central church once he was denied marriage to Catherine of Aragon. ... In the federalist papers No.10, James Madison stated that "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature o...

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