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Federalist paper number 14 Summary of Paper :James Madison argues while a Democracy can only cover a small space, Republics may span over many areas. The reason for his thinking is in a democracy all people must all come together in one place to vote. But In a Republic the people elect representatives to vote. The greatest danger to a Republic is to confuse it with a Democracy since these are to totally different ideas. People were led to beleive a republic couldnt handle such a large piece of land such as the United States. It is easier to be united by one reperesentative that can travel to many different areas then for all the people that need too vote to go to distant places.The worst thing that can happen is if a democracy is put in place since then there will be no way to ensure everyone will have a say in government. In conconclusion if Americans do not fall for a style of government knows as Democracy, a Republic will provide for a strong union, additional states, and security. Objective: Publius’s main idea of writing the 14th federalist paper was to show that a republic would be able to handle such a large country despite what many anti federalist said.Also that if a republic was the form of govt americans went with it would ensure safety and stability abroad and at home. Even though many people were scared of a republican form of government publius wanted to show the voter a democracy would be much worse it cannot be perfect and as shown in italy and early greece it just doesnt work. Not only were his objective to show why america must be ruled by a republic but to also show from no matter where you are a republic would benefit any part of america including the southern most colonies like georgia and the western such as those on the mississipi river. Strongest arguments: There were many strong arguments presented by the 14th Federalists paper. The first main argument was that the united states can be governed by one republican government despite its vast size. Another argument that was brought up in the paper was people should not get democracy and a republic confused. Another strong argument was the need for all to understand the united stated would be a great canidate for the republican for of government since theres just to many people for all to vote and meet on every law and that using representitives would be much easier. These were just a few of the many arguments made in the 14th federalist paper. Opposing arguments of Anti-Federalist : The 14th federalist paper was written to drive the anti federalist idea that the sheer size of the United States would make it impossible to govern just as a single country. But the Anti federalist argued no matter under any government it was just immposible to rule such a large territory as one whole country. They used ancient rome as an example. That a country to big would eventually fall in on itself because of lack of governing. Also they beleived under a single government corruption and lust of power would lead to more problems within America.The Anti-Federalists wanted thought the idea of a republic to rule a land like this was just immposible. Validity of the arguments: Both sides have valid points but in the end Publius deffinalty has the stronger argument. He explains himself and why he thinks america can be controlled by controlled despite its large size. He also has alot of examples why he thinks this way the opposite side of the spectrum(anti feds) have less reasons why they beleive america is to big to be governed as one country. Publius arguments are much more plausiable and as a reader he would deff intice people to beleive in his views. Relevance,Today: The topic of this essay is not really relavent in the realm of America as of now. The federalist were right and the United States as of now is controlled under one republican form of government. In the end the federalist di prevail and there ideas were right.