Democrat Pros And Cons

The Federalist Papers are some of the most important words that have been written in this history of the United States and were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison who is responsible for Number 10. Madison focuses Number 10 on factions, their causes, and the result of their existence. Madison beings by stating the capability of the Constitution to control the outcome of factions, such as violence or damage and goes on to state the causes of factions and the solutions to their existence. Madison’s main focus in his paper is factions and their outcomes; a faction is simply a group of people with a common interest, either the “majority or minority of the whole.” Factions originate when people divide themselves over

The effect of government delegation in a republic is that the views of the public are “refined and enlarged” to a certain extent by being passed through the citizens whom they elected to govern them. This causes the voice of the public to become more concerned with the public good rather than if the people were ruling themselves as is done in a democracy. However, this action can also backfire if people are elected who do not have the best interest of the people as their first priority and corrupt the system by “betraying the interests of the people” they are representing. There was debate over whether a small or large republic was more favorable for the well being of the people and the evidence is greatly in favor of a large

A large republic government prevails over small republic or democracy when controlling factions because there are more people to divide into the factions and therefore there is less unification among the members of the factions. Also, if there is a large republic in which Senators are elected, it is easier to hold the leaders accountable for their actions due to the amount of people because the leaders need to stay on good terms in order to continue receiving votes. In contrast, a small republic allows the citizens to be easily manipulated by factions and leaders. A large republic protects the minority because factions will exist for as long as there is freedom. If there is a common interest or, passion, it will be felt by the all of the people who make up the majority. A “majority” faction is dangerous because it can become so strong that is overpowers the standing national government and results in upheaval and possibly wars such as the Civil War, which is primarily why the early United States should be concerned with