WHAT IS A FACTION? US History (James Madison!) HELP PLEASE!?

Question

I need to know what a faction is for my history class...I know that it has something to do with James Madison and the constitution; PLEASE HELP :(

Answer 1

A faction is just a group who are FOR one thing, or AGAINST something. A modern faction might be those who SUPPORT the Bush administration, and another might be those who are AGAINST it.

Answer 2

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Well lets start here Our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority. He said there are 2 methods of curing the mischief of faction: One by removing its causes ; the other by controlling its effects. there are 2 methods of removing the causes: one by destroying the liberty and two by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests. He said the first remedy is worse then the disease. So the closest thing to a recomendation is a statement that he made. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is the great object to which our inquiries are directed. His belief is to secure the public good with private rights. Basically the Bill of rights that will be there for all citizens no matter what political faction is in charge. Not sure if that helps. Just the way I saw it 20 years ago in my college History class. For those saying do your own home work, that's ok I understand that, but he asked one question and it sounds like he was stuck on it. He will have to do more then what was given here, so try lightening up a bit.

Answer 3

For the Founders, the term faction represented a form of political party.

The rhetoric of the War of Independence emphasized that the establishment and maintenance of a new republic depended upon a politics of virtue, in which citizens would banish thoughts of personal interest when addressing public issues. A corollary to this conception suggested that the spirit of faction was a sign of political corruption; partisanship in politics signaled the efforts of one group to gain power over and reduce the liberty of others. Consequently, Revolutionary leaders tended to assume that the creation of political parties in the new American state would endanger the republican experiment. When political parties began to crystallize during the administration of President George Washington, Federalists and Republicans alike often were quick to assume that their opposite numbers were aiming to subvert the hard-won liberties of the new United States.