Federalist No. 10
Main idea: Rationalizes the choosing of a republic, and then goes to outline the the necessity of factions, and their role in society.
Factions are introduced in the paper, and the issues that reside around them. There is no way that all men are going to have the same interests, or same amounts of money or property. Because of this, factions are created. The largest faction will ultimately be the poor. This plays into what Madison believes, stating that if there are a ton of people in a republic, then the leaders of said republic will have to take into account the feelings of the poor, because they have to win their vote. If you have a small society, then you can forget about the small people. Plus, the larger the republic, …show more content…
One way the people’s rights would be protected is by the separation of powers, that would balance out the power among the government. He then goes on to show, even in the branch with the most power, the legislature, the power is divided among two houses to get rid of tyranny. The second idea he talks about is classes, and the importance of conveying the common interests of most people. He says that the larger the republic, the more room there is for uniting among the factions, and those said factions can then justly represent themselves. No one group nor branch of government will be will be dominant, and the people’s interests will be represented through this …show more content…
A sizable portion of the piece is about the injustice of power in this new ‘republic.’ Centinel I specifically focused on the collection of taxes, and how giving this free range power to congress, it gives a lot of room for despotism, due to the omnipotence of congress. Finally, they examine the coming aristocracy if the constitution was put into effect. Centinel believed that only those who were high class, and educated would ever be in office, and would then unjustly represent the people. In all, it very concisely covered the doubts of the anti-federalists, in a very sequential
Main idea: Rationalizes the choosing of a republic, and then goes to outline the the necessity of factions, and their role in society.
Factions are introduced in the paper, and the issues that reside around them. There is no way that all men are going to have the same interests, or same amounts of money or property. Because of this, factions are created. The largest faction will ultimately be the poor. This plays into what Madison believes, stating that if there are a ton of people in a republic, then the leaders of said republic will have to take into account the feelings of the poor, because they have to win their vote. If you have a small society, then you can forget about the small people. Plus, the larger the republic, …show more content…
One way the people’s rights would be protected is by the separation of powers, that would balance out the power among the government. He then goes on to show, even in the branch with the most power, the legislature, the power is divided among two houses to get rid of tyranny. The second idea he talks about is classes, and the importance of conveying the common interests of most people. He says that the larger the republic, the more room there is for uniting among the factions, and those said factions can then justly represent themselves. No one group nor branch of government will be will be dominant, and the people’s interests will be represented through this …show more content…
A sizable portion of the piece is about the injustice of power in this new ‘republic.’ Centinel I specifically focused on the collection of taxes, and how giving this free range power to congress, it gives a lot of room for despotism, due to the omnipotence of congress. Finally, they examine the coming aristocracy if the constitution was put into effect. Centinel believed that only those who were high class, and educated would ever be in office, and would then unjustly represent the people. In all, it very concisely covered the doubts of the anti-federalists, in a very sequential