Published in 1787 in a prominent newspaper Federalist Paper #10 was written by James Madison.
Madison, recruited by Alexander Hamilton and joined by John Jay to promote their political views.
The main purpose of this particular paper was to guard against "factions," or as we know them to be "special interest groups."
An interesting note is that James Madison was very much a part of factions in his college days and early in his career. Obviousy, he came to realize that such activity was self-serving and not good for the Union.
Yet, it seems that our constitution, for which the Papers were a foundation, did not fair as well as our Constitutional Constructors would have hoped. Hence, the Republican and Democratic special interest groups, err "parties."
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