Question

• The Federalist, No. 10 concludes with the following claim: “In the extent and proper structure of the Union, therefore, we behold a republican remedy for the diseases most incident to republican government.” What does this mean? Is Publius’s analysis persuasive?

Answer 1

It depicts an explicit rejection of the principles of direct democracy and factionalism by the Founding Fathers. The statement here by Madison points out that a representative republic is more effective against partisanship and factionalism