Federalists No. 10 "Federalists Number 10", authored by James Madison, is where Madison argues for the brilliance of a republican democracy. He believes that one advantage of the Constitution is that it establishes a government capable of controlling the damage caused by factions. These groups of citizens who join together to protect and promote their own special economic interests and political views, frequently work against public interests and encroach on the rights of others. Madison states there are two methods of removing the causes of factions: one by destroying the very liberty essenti...

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... didn't believe this. They thought that the liberty was going to be taken away from the people because of all the power the federal government was about to get. In Federalist Papers 10 and 51, Madison and Hamilton talked about a representative government that would represent the people. They thought the merchants were the best representatives, better than the laborers and landlords. Madison ... ...

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... , one person could not "infect" the rest of the elite. He also thought that representation would be much more effective than that of a small republic. Madison says in the Federalist number 10 "In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large that in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy ... ...

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