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A 3 page paper that begins with a short explanation of the Federalist Papers. The paper emphasizes the concern about the passions of the majority that is mentioned in several of the essays and the need for a central government. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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New York convention to ratify the new Constitution, they were published in 1787 in newspapers in New York (U.S. Department of State, 2004). The project was initiated by Alexander Hamilton
who asked James Madison and John Jay to join him in the project; Jay wrote 5 of the letters, Madison wrote 29 and Hamilton wrote 51 (U.S. Department of State,
2004). It was Hamilton who outlined and organized this massive project and although he wrote the most letters, it is Madisons letter that "have proved to be the most memorable
in their combination of frankness, balance, and reasoning power" (U.S. Department of State, 2004). The three authors wrote under the name of Publius (U.S. Department of State, 2004). Madison promoted
the idea of states retaining "residual sovereignty in all those areas that did not require national concern" (U.S. Department of State, 2004) while Hamilton promoted a "concurrency of powers between
the national and state governments" (U.S. Department of State, 2004). Both believed the nation could only succeed if certain important powers were given to the central government (U.S. Department of
State, 2004) Federalist #10, written by Madison, is the most famous of all the essays (Rossiter, 2003). It addressed the issue of factions, those opposed to the constitution
argued there were too many groups or factions to be ruled by a democratic government (Rossiter, 2003). Madison argued that the republican remedy incorporated in the Constitution allowed the many
different factions to each express their opinions in an attempt to influence the government (Rossiter, 2003). He referred to a faction as either a majority or minority but who were
united by a "common impulse of passion or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens" (Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787). Madison went on to report how these
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