Federalist 51 and Auxiliary Precautions

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." James Madison stated this difficulty in Federalist 51. This difficulty means that the government should be able to control the people of a nation as long as the people give them the power to and the government must also control itself. The national and state government must be able to control itself by not taking advantage of the power that the people give them. Madison also states in Federalist 51 that the constitution solves this because of the auxiliary precautions that it states. Separation of powers is a major auxiliary precautions. It separates the national government into three different branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Each of the branches has checks and balances on each other. With this not one branch has more power than the others. Another auxiliary precaution is the Division of Power or Federalism. The Division of Power is the division of the national government and the state government. The national government does many things that are unconstitutional. Some of the things they do should be the state governments concern. Some examples of this is are public education, health care, welfare, and employment matters. Madison also stated that "Pure democracy is the most vile of government..." He said this because if everyone were to vote about everything unconstitutional things would occur. If everything was voted on some of the rights of the people could be overtaken. Factions are also a part of this difficulty. Factions can be a good thing. They can also be bad. They could trample over the minority. This is why we have a national government with a constitution. With this there is not one faction that can take away the rights of the minority. The constitution takes away a lot of the difficulties that come with governing a nation. Without the constitution the nation of America would be in total chaos. All the auxiliary precautions that are stated are there to protect Americans' rights.