James Monroe The Causes Of A Faction

In the letter to the people of New York James Madison explains his plan on how to avoid the creations of factions. He provides two suggestions on how to avoid groups forming factions. The first is to control its effects and remove the causes of factions.The first idea that James Madison gives on how to avoid the problem of factions is by controlling the effects. The quote that says this is, “The inference to which we are brought is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed, and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.” The quote says that the cause of a faction is something that is not able to be changed while the effects are something that is able to be changed. This helps to avoid the problem because it …show more content…
By looking and understanding these ideas there is a better chance of making the factions believe you more. This creates the possibility of being able to control the effects. By looking at the faction and doing things like separating and analyzing it there is a better understanding of them and why they were created. If this is shown they may be more free into letting you in here you would get to show ideas and persuade.The second idea that James Madison gives to prevent the problem is by removing the cause of the faction. There are also two ways to do this.The quote says, “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes... There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence...” This quote explains that there are two ways for you remove the causes. The first one is to take out the factions liberty or independence away. This is important because the whole reason that factions are created is to stand up and fight for its ideas. So you are avoiding the problem when you control the effects you're taking away the independence of that …show more content…
The second way that James Madison explains on how to avoid the problem is by removing the cause. The quote says,“There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects. There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction... by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.” This quote explains the second way on how to remove the causes of the factions and avoid the problem. It is to give ̈every citizen the same opinions ̈. This helps you because you're the one who gets to choose what opinion you want to give everyone in the faction. Again this takes away the point of the faction and ultimately helps to avoid the problem. Both of these are ideas given by James Madison that show how to prevent the problems of factions.The two ideas that James Madison suggested have shown that if used will prevent the formation of factions and alleviate their