What are the Federalist Papers?

Federalist papers are the collection of 85 articles in total along with essays that are written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in order to promote the ratification of the United States. The collection of the articles and essays was commonly known as The Federalist until in the 20^th century when the new name emerged as  The Federalist Papers. The first 77 of these essays were published serially in the journal named Independent Journal, The Daily Advertiser in between October 1787 and April 1788.  The essay was compiled in two volumes and 77 of these essays were published in two separate volumes named as The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention in the year 1787.  The last eight papers of the Federalist papers were published in the New York newspaper between June 14 and August 16, 1788.

Who introduced them?

The Federalist Papers was a collection of essay that was written by Johm Jay , James Madison and Alexander Hamilton in the year 1788.  The Federalist Papers were a written under the pen name of “Publius”. The papers are considered as one of the most important sources for interpreting and understanding the original intent of the Constitution.

What is the significance of these papers?

The Federalist paper number 1 is an essay that is written by Alexander Hamilton and became the first of all the collection of essays that are named under The Federalist Papers. The Federalists Number 1 introduces a series of essay that were published in the Independent Journal as  a response to Anti Federalist opposition to the proposed US Constitution. After the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a new constitution was formed including various states for ratification in the year 1787. The Anti-Federalist essay condemning th documents began to spread later followed by the Federalist effort of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. The essay is  very much critical for the government at that place however it did not take the form of a diatribe.  The Federalist papers are eloquently written but still manifestly biased. The paper of Federalist Number 1 praises a heap upon the constitution as an efficient system of government. As a consequence of encouraging people to reject the old systems, Hamilton also supported the new Constitution at all costs. He reflected all the viable alternatives that were a direct ratification of the Constitution. This conclusion was justified while referring to the Anti-Federalists who claimed to be 13 in numbers in the Union forming an unwieldy system  whose governance depends on the breaking up of the federal government into smaller , regional chunks. Six of the concepts that are discussed in the Federal papers include-

1. The utility of Union to prosperity

2. The insufficiency of the prevalent confederation to preserve the Union.

3. The necessity of a government as powerful as that proposed to meet this object.

4. The conformity of the proposed Constitution with true principles of Republican government.

5. The constitution’s analogy to various state constitutions.

6. The additional security a Constitution will provide for the preservation of government in those states.