James Madison, wrote the Federalist Papers to create a strong government that would last. The Federalists wanted to create a Federal Government that would be strong and unite states as one. The Federalists were wealthy people and plantation owners. In order to counter the anti-Federalists Madison argued that under the Constitution the government does not cause harm to individual states. Madison begins the essay with end goals to show how the government would help, and to try to convince the people that this is the way it should be. Madison claims that the ultimate goal of the government is to protect the diversity and help prevent tyranny. Madison ties to neutralize fear of strong federal authority by explain the idea of State Governments,
