The Federalist Papers

In the Federalist No. 45, James Madison, who is the primary author of the Constitution, explains how the Constitution was designed to preserve states’ rights. It sounds like the American people were spectacle of the proposed national government and Madison argued that the powers granted to the national government by the constitution do not threaten the powers left to the states. There has to be a state government and federal government. The federal government cannot run without the state governments and federal government cannot run without the state government. Since the state legislatures are the ones to elect the President of the United States. The state legislatures also select the state Senators. Thus, each elected official in the federal government will owe his political existence, to the State governments, and must consequently feel a dependence. States gain from the relationship with the federal government. The federal government serves to protect states from disputes with their neighbors, to grant powers in the state governments and to provide the additional support of the people. It appears that Madison was certain that the State governments were a very important part of the Federal government.
Madison explains that there will be less government officials than state officials. Fewer people will be federal employees under the Constitution of the United States than the number employed by the States. The members of the State legislative, executive, and judiciary departments, State justices of peace, militia officers, and all county and city officers that is, all State and local officials, will have acquaintances in every class and circle of people. They will exceed in number and influence the total number of people employed in the administration of the federal system. I think the way they kept the state government officials