Document Response to Federalist Number 10.Madison’s reasoning in choosing a governing system for the Union of States

In this document Madison is proposing the establishment of a republic in the form of The Union of The States. He states a variety of reasons why he has come to the conclusion that this will be the most functional type of government for their specific situation at that time. This essay will outline his reasons for his decision and an explanation of his concerns as he sees them.
In this brief he considers what he feels is the primary danger facing a government as it is developed and functions and how this danger can be best managed and controlled to avoid conflict and breakdown of the system. His main concern is the danger of the development of factions within a new governing system and their influence on the government. By faction he means “a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate in...