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This 5 page paper deals with the elitist mentality of the founding fathers of the Constitution. Examined are the Federalist Papers and the writings of Madison and Hamilton. Examples and quotations from Dye,Zeiler; Greeley; and Domhoff given to support the thesis. Bibliography lists 5 annotated sources.
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be considered one of the largest contributions to American political thought. However, as in todays political climate, these papers were not without their opposition. Many believe that the Federalist Papers
were written by elitists who never considered the rights or the abilities of the common man to adhere to or thrive under the propositions laid forth in the Papers, themselves.
One of the largest sections of the Federalist Papers deals with the development of a Constitution. Article 10, written by James Madison cover the topic of human nature, government
and individual rights. Upon a first reading of the article it is not readily apparent that it was written by someone who had elitist tendencies. However, if one were to
read it, specifically looking for references and ambiguities, then they tend to be glaring in their bias. For example, Madisons contention was that human nature was such that unless
there were some rules for those in government that the organization would tend to become corrupt. No one tends to argue with this idea, however, it is the continuation and
his proposal for these rules that show that he is considering only those in the area of big business. Matter of fact, when one examines all of the various contributors
to the Federalist Papers, the list reads like a whos who of early American Business Owners. A majority of them were property owners, or were from well to do families
who were born into wealth, or were business owners. The Federalist papers, then, tended to be slanted mostly toward those who were in favor of a strong central government
and therefore pushed for the solidarity of the states. However, many feared this strong central government idea simply because it smacked of the very same stranglehold that Americans had recently
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