“Why does the American form of government work?”

Diversity is seen throughout America and within these diverse pods are factions. A faction is an organized minority group with a separate agenda from other majority groups. In Article No.10 Madison addresses the struggles of the many factions stemmed from religion, class, and race, in America at the time. It is his belief that these groups, unless united, will become a large issue for the country because each faction will argue for particular rights and liberties that only affect that group of people instead of the entire population. Juggling all of the demands from different parties would eliminate any chance for the new government to succeed. He states that, “There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.” In order to achieve loyalty to the government from the people, the government must crush the diversity within the factions and bring together the colonists by giving them similar liberties and goals. For this to be accomplished, Madison believes that a large republican government would be necessary to equally limit the power given to the people, and therefore reduce the freedoms given to so many different factions, thus creating unity.  

In Article No. 51, also written by James Madison, he expresses that in order to maintain equality and peace through equality it is necessary that the government be divided into three legislative bodies. For the government to be unbiased and maintain justice he believes that each branch should have, “as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit.” Meaning that, each third of the legislative government should enforce different regulations in order to remain strong and efficient in prosecuting contrasting issues. Another controversy he touches on involves the coexistence of a minority and a majority population. According to Madison, “Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority -- that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.” Here he argues that a simple way for misconduct towards the minority groups to be contained is to utilize laws based on equality. With such laws, both peoples can find common ground due to their same rights.  

By establishing equal rights for all and justly protecting the liberties of the people, the American government is a success.