Federalist Paper #10

This document basically went against Democracy in the fact that Democracy consists of small groups with small numbers of people running them. Madison’s fear was that with a small group of people, a tyranny is more likely to occur with an imposter getting in to a place of power, having a larger say in matters, corrupting that government. This is why republicanism works; it gave room for more factions, giving people more freedom to find what interested them and in return, the current government was less likely to be overrun, and it wouldn’t have been easy to do, being that the idea was many representatives for many people, uniting many other factions to be in a pool of diversity, giving a more stable government. By the ideals of Republicanism, people should get land (because of “unequal distribution of land”), as it gives them rights to vote, giving a more accurate account of what our country wants and needs through means of voting and giving all members that right. Also, this gives people classes and branches to go out and fit into. With the current government (in the late 1700s), they all had to come together because being apart just isn’t working to their advantage, at least, not as much as being united would. State governments tax differently for different structures, with a higher gouging to those who weren’t a part of the Legislature, with them getting off the hook, playing the government to their advantage. (Checks on the government are later mentioned in #51.) Basically, this was a calling to the colonists of how the best way to govern the colonies was through Republicanism, because through its ways of rule, it was easier to keep an eye on the government, and that some changes were needed for the colonists, making this something easy to accept.