Federalist 10 Analysis

Federalist 10 is a series of essays created by James Madison that featured other writers such as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay under the pen name “Publius.” James Madison was a supporter of the United States Constitution and wrote the Federalist in favor of the Constitution. During the time he also became the United States Representatives, and while in Congress drafted the Bill of Rights ("James Madison”). Once the Congress grew strong, James found himself disagreeing with another federalist’s views on a national bank, which entailed the emergence of the Democratic-Republican party ("James Madison"). Primarily due to James point of view that a large one republic faction will never have longevity since a government divided equally protected …show more content…
The dangers of fractions were that if the faction was powerful enough, such as the Republican government, they would sacrifice the rights of the minorities to suit their own selfish interests. Although a pure democracy would mean hearing every single voice and opinion, which is too time confusing and creates confusion. The main idea of the Federalist 10 is the support of a government that establishes basic rights for its citizens and to have a government that does not impose ill will towards its people. The main source of the Federalist 10 is to prove the need for such protection against "the cabals of a few" (Federalist …show more content…
The collective voices of people represented by one person may not be the exact thoughts of all of the people, weighing in on multiple voices that band together brings an opinion from all sides of the table. Madison found the middle ground, where a form of government is stable to have a group large enough to stop one person from overruling yet small enough to "guard against the confusion of a multitude” ("Federalist 10”). This act, in the present day, would result in adding more house members to represent a growing majority, as 435 people to represent three hundred million people is being