To do that, the United States needs a Democratic Republic instead of a true Democracy, to cut down the power of the majority and filter it through (hopefully) qualified statesmen. Since everyone has their own self-interests, and people's self-interests clash with others', governments have to be able to pass laws for the common good instead of any one specific group. (Not so sly, JM.)įederalist Paper 10 is all about warning the power of factions and competing interests over the United States Government. While each Federalist paper was published anonymously, Federalist papers 10 and 51 were most likely written by James Madison, because they mostly deal with things about the government that he introduced. They need to get nine out of the thirteen states to support the Constitution, so a lot is riding on them being convincing as humanly possible. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison are tasked with publishing essays in the newspaper to get people on board with the new Federal Government.
The Constitution's on its way, and people need to be on board with the drafters' ideas of what the Government should look like.
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