The fall of Montpelier to the radical left
Posted By: Judy W., 7/22/2022 7:29:12 AM
If there is one concept that captured the brilliant vision of President James Madison for government, it was his statement in Federalist 51: “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” The use of checks and balances to prevent the concentration of power was key to the stability of the constitutional system that he created. Indeed, his own home at Montpelier may now be an example of what happens when there is such a concentration of power and no check on its abuse. (Snip) The exhibits now emphasize Madison “the enslaver,” and visitors have complained that there is little comparative attention to his contributions to political theory and institutions.
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If there is one concept that captured the brilliant vision of President James Madison for government, it was his statement in Federalist 51: “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” The use of checks and balances to prevent the concentration of power was key to the stability of the constitutional system that he created. Indeed, his own home at Montpelier may now be an example of what happens when there is such a concentration of power and no check on its abuse. (Snip)
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As Turley shows, Madison made many efforts on behalf of ending slavery. Besides political reasons for not going farther to end it, he also felt that freed slaves would not be able to support themselves and would meet with too much hostility, so he supported establishing a country for them in Africa. Lincoln also wanted to do that.