James_Madison_And_The_Tenth_Federalist_Paper

James Madison And The Tenth Federalist Paper James Madison truly was a remarkable man. Intelligent, dutiful and possessed of a sense of civic duty that hasn’t been duplicated since his era. The tenth Federalist Paper is the perfect manifestation of all these qualities. If not for men of Madison’s vision, the United States might still be nothing more than an English investment colony. In this edition, Madison speaks out against the faction system and it’s place in American life. “Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice.” This is undoubtedly the case. Factions, or lobbies as they are referred to today, can oftentimes influence the decisions of lawmakers on the basis of public demand. How often are those decisions made at the cost of someone else’s privilege' As for what can be done about the possible abuse of faction influence, Madison suggests two possibilities, “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs madison, faction, two, one, same, causes, removing, number, liberty, latter, greater, citizens, america, truly, republic, political, points, parties, out, must, might, methods, men, madison’s, it’s, influence, helped, greatest, government, first, federalist, effects, difference, democracy, decisions