Madison and the Federalist 51 papers

So what was the difficulty or paradox Madison poses and how does Madison believe the constitution solves theses difficulties?  One of the problems according to the Federalist 51 papers is “maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution” and “ the means of keeping each other in their proper places.”  That is why the auxiliary precautions were made.  The auxiliary precautions were the checks and balance system made up of the division of power and the separation of power.  This was created as an extra security method.  The division of power was the difference between national and state government.  They divided them to make sure that too much power is not given to the national government.  This gave dual sovereignty to the state and national governments.  Also states are given power so more people can have a say on a local level on what is happening in their areas.  The separation of power is the three branches of government: Legislative, executive, and judicial. According to the federalist papers to help things be more balanced they “divide the legislature into different branches; and render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit.” So now not only one area has all the power it is now divided up between three groups.  The constitution was a great and powerful tool, but the auxiliary precautions help protect us, and our governments from anyone having too much power.

The inspiration of the U.S Constitution

What about the U.S. Constitution was inspired?  There are several things about the Constitution that were inspired, things such as religious freedom.  Without religious freedom we could not have the church on the earth today.  In one of Dallin H. Oaks talks he talked about how if it were not for the constitution the gospel could not be restored and we could not have and live our gospel today.  Marion G. Romney talks about how freedom is necessary for the coming of Zion, so without our Constitution we would not be the free country we are today.  Our founding fathers were men of action and they were spiritually prepared.  They were inspired to come together and council, and work together to make something bigger and better come out of our country.  The Constitution was also inspired because in second Nephi it talks about how this land was made for the purpose of freedom from kings and rulers.  So I believe our constitution was inspired to help bring about our religious freedom and our freedom as a country.

How is it that the U.S. Constitution was inspired?  The Constitution had the founding fathers writing it.  In D&C 101 verse 80 it talks about the founding fathers, and how God placed these wise men here at this time for the very purpose of the Constitution.  Our founding fathers were born with the light of Christ, so even if they were not members they could still receive guidance.  Our founding fathers were also open minded towards religion, they believed in God and they believed God was behind all their work. The founding fathers also counseled together, such as is the lord’s way so they must have been inspired in what they were writing. How else could all 13 colonies come together when they were in bad shape and make our Constitution. So I believe our founding fathers were wise men and guided and inspired by God in all that they did.