10, had decided why factions cannot be controlled by pure democracy:Ī common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole a communication and concert result from the form of government itself and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. James Madison, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, sent these essays to try to sway the remaining nine states to preserve the Federal form of government, with a National government interest. This essay is one of 85 to urge ratification of the U.S. Madison defines a republican form of government, and he also considers whether the nation is federal or national: a confederacy, or consolidation of states. 39, titled " The conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles", is an essay by James Madison, the thirty-ninth of The Federalist Papers, first published by The Independent Journal (New York) on January 16, 1788.
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