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Federalist Papers
The purpose of the Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers were prepared to ensure that a constitution was ratified to provide a perfect union. The Papers focused on the concept of a perfect and improved union. While this could be the primary purpose of the document, it was also concerned with other things. Aspects of the federalist like welfare, safety, and union are inseparable, and the union seems to be much of a means used to guarantee this for the people (Charles, 2009). Besides, the federalist papers consider federalism as a tool of achieving a free government in terms of security and peace.
The essays adding up to the federalist had a significant purpose. Immediately after its publication, it revealed to the people of New York the importance of ratifying the constitution. This word spread to all States in the union, which took the lead in the ratification of this document. New Yorkers joined later after the intended nine states had already ratified the document (Stobaugh, 2012). The Federalist has helped people to understand the message conveyed by the authors...
However, these efforts ultimately heat a snug. Nineteen elected federalists only represented New York City while 46 elected anti-federalists represented the up-states (Stobaugh, 2012). The document was printed in a dozen of papers outside the city of New York and had an extremely minimal influence on the overall vote.
Although the initial audience of the federalist was to be the New Yorkers, the document would be read across the U.S. And produced as a volume book. The set of papers making up the federalist document were meant to provide precise details of how the constitution would give a remedy for the problems within the Republican Government. The constitution will then secure private rights and public good (Charles, 2009). These were the two prime goals of the federalist paper.
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References
Bibace, R. (2010). The Continuation of the Federalist Papers. Minneapolis: Hillcrest Pub. Group.
Charles, P.J. (2009). The Second Amendment: The intent and its interpretation by the states and the Supreme Court. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.
Stobaugh, J.P. (2012). American history: Observations & assessments from early settlement to today. Green Forest, Ark: Master Books.
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