Federalist Papers

After New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the new constitution it effectively became the law of the land. However, a problem arose; not all states had ratified including the two largest, Virginia and New York. To combat this problem and unify the states under the new constitution, prominent federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay began writing the Federalist Papers in New York. Written under the pen name “Publius”, the Federalist Papers served as the impetus for New York's ratification of the constitution by quieting anxieties and highlighting the advantages of the new constitution to the New York public.
A common public fear of the new constitution is that it would compromise liberty and freedom. James Madison in Federalist No. 10 successfully addresses the issue when speaking of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction. He states the two ways of dealing with factions as removing its causes or controlling its effects. To remove it...