Category: Republican Government

A Compound Republic: Federalist no. 51

On: March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 By: Spirit of the Republic

In a previous article, we encountered Madison’s thoughts on how to control faction within a community. We touched on the idea of letting groups flourish to counteract each other. Finally, we touched on how the structure of a federal republic might control

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Thoughts on Government from John Adams

On: January 5, 2024January 19, 2024 By: Spirit of the Republic

John Adams was a major proponent of independence from Great Britain. In April 1776, he wrote a letter to two of North Carolina’s delegates to the First Continental Congress. They had asked Adams if he would help defining the government for North

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