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AUTHOR
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Publius (James Madison)
James Madison supported the Constitution. Madison addresses the
question of how to guard against "factions," or groups of citizens, with
interests that are contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the
community as a whole. He believes that the republic form of government
will ensure that the multiplicity of interest in this country is protected.
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Federalist 10 is one of 85 essays advocating for the ratification of the
United States Constitution. It was published on November 22, 1787
under the pseudonym Publius. Its purpose was to support the ratification
of the Constitution and to respond to the Anti-federalist papers, those not
in favor of the ratification of the Constitution.
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Madison raised the issue of factions in both his Vices and in his June 6th
speech during the Constitutional Convention speech of 1787. Following
the Constitutional Convention and the push for ratification, an "out-ofdoors" debate raged in newspapers and pamphlets throughout America's
thirteen states.
Federalist 10 appeared in one or more of the following four New York
newspapers: The New York Journal, Independent Journal, New York
Advertiser, and Daily Advertiser. They were from the point of view of
Madison. Madison was targeting the electorate of America and the
electorate of the New York ratifying convention.
The Federalist Papers were in response to the Antifederalist attacks on the
Constitution that were flooding the New York newspapers right after the
Constitution had been signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
during the Constitutional Convention. Now the Constitution was sent to
states to be ratified through state conventions.
Factions are inevitable. The most important source of faction is the
THE MAIN IDEA
What main point is the source unequal distribution of property. Madison believed that the republic form
trying to convey? What is the of government would be successful due to the vast size of the country.
central message of the
The multiplicity of economic, social, geographical, religious and sectional
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interest would check each other and ensure that the public good would be
maintained.
This document illustrates the deep thoughts of the Framers as they crafted
SIGNIFICANCE
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conditions of the country in 1787. But he also considered the experiences
yourself, "So what?" What
of men in other times and ages. Madison believed that liberty and the
should a student of history or public good were the most important pillars of the Constitution and
politics take away from the
should be protected. Factions must exist to have freedom/liberty but must
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be controlled. They can be controlled by enlarging the orbit or having a
republic. In a pure democracy, there is no filtration system.