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" It seems as if Madison was as concerned as the 'anti-federalists' of the time concerning the structure of the new government and wished to alleviate those concerns by allowing each branch control over its own destiny, while at the same time giving the other two branches the authority to step in if something were to go seriously wrong. He was especially concerned of the legislature. He states; "If, therefore, the legislature assumes executive and judiciary powers, no opposition is likely to be made." (pg 308) He wished to ensure that event would not happen. He also states that the executive, similar to the legislative, branch could also be usurped and that there should be no elective despotism, whether that despotism was one man in the executive office, or a group of despots in the legislative, either situation would be unacceptable.

One of the reasons why Madison was worried about the advent of a monarchy or the crumbling of the republic into anarchy was due to his belief that men were corruptible. Madison believed that the only method of ensuring that a corruptible man would not corrupt the government was by breaking the structure of the government into separate divisions within the branches.

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He felt that the nature of man would inevitably lead to a corrupted government. In stating that 'if angels were to govern men' he seems to be saying that men are not governed by angels, therefore it is necessary to ensure that the ambitions of one man, or one department, would be offset by the ambitions of another man, or another department. He said, "This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public." (pg 319)

Madison knew that man's ambition could lead to a usurpation of power and that such a usurpation would mean the downfall of the republic. In order to stop such an event before it even happened it would be necessary to provide equal power to each branch for the internal affairs et al., and a controlling power to each branch that would allow for any extreme circumstances.

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