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This 3 page paper discusses James Madison's essay "Federalist #51," and describes his ideas for structuring the new American government. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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was a series of brilliant essays that appeared in the newspapers, arguing in favor of ratification. The essays were written by James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton and are
known as The Federalist Papers. This paper examines Federalist #51, and describes Madisons understand of checks and balances, and how the Constitution incorporates them. Discussion America in the late 1700s
was an exciting place, but also one of great upheaval and a profound sense of dislocation. The necessity of breaking from England was becoming apparent, but was causing great distress:
"Americans no longer thought of themselves as members of the British body politic; they were no longer part of what they, and most enlightened European opinion, often regarded as the
freest, best-governed nation in the world" (Ketcham, 2003, p. 2). The idea of making a final break from the country many colonists still considered home was wrenching. But it was
becoming apparent that such a break had to be made. The question was how to do it, and once independence was achieved, how to structure the new government. Most of
the great political thinkers of the 18th century "had argued that a republican form of government could work only for small countries" (Faragher, 2000, p. 199). A country the size
of the new United States, the theory went, was far too large to be governed by a central federal authority; it should be left to the individual states to care
for their people and set their own policies. Madison turned that thinking on its head with Federalist #51, in which he describes how a strong federal government can establish control
and yet not turn into a tyrannical power. His answer is that its not possible for authority over such a government to come from outside; it must come from within,
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