University:
Arizona State University
Course:
HST 200 | Historical Themes
Academic year:

2024
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190

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1
Author:

Thuyoul US

Creating Republican Governments, 1776-1790 James Madison on Republicanism's Advantages One of the most well-known essays in The Federalist Papers is the tenth one, also referred to as Federalist No. 10. James Madison wrote it, and it discusses the issues with political parties, or "factions." Madison claimed that a republican government and a democratic one were the two ways to address the issue of political parties. He maintained that the best protection against what he perceived to be the chaos of direct democracy was a vast republic. In a big republic, agreements would be made and people would be represented by representatives of their own choosing. From this perspective on the matter, it may be inferred that there is no remedy for the excesses of faction in a pure democracy, which I define as a society made up of a limited number of individuals who meet together and personally run the government. A majority of the group will almost always have a shared passion or interest; communication and coordination arise from the structure of government itself, and there is nothing to stop the incentives to sacrifice the weaker party or an annoying person. Because of this, these democracies have always been turbulent and contentious spectacles; they have always been deemed incompatible with individual security or property rights; and, generally speaking, their lifespans have been as brief as their deaths have been brutal. Theoretical politicians who have supported this form of governance have mistakenly believed that by bringing all people to complete equality with regard to their political rights, they would also be fully equalized and assimilated with regard to their belongings, beliefs, and emotions. A Republic, by which I mean a Government in which the system of representation operates, offers an alternative, and assures us of the remedy we are looking for. Examining the areas where it differs from pure democracy will help us understand the nature of the remedy and how effective it has to come from the Union. There are two main distinctions between a democracy and a republic: first, the latter assigns the government to a small group of individuals chosen by the others; and second, the former has a larger population and a larger territory that it may govern.