Government by Representation

The framers of the Constitution were opposed to direct government. The remedy sought was to be found in representative government. Madison declared that the object to which their efforts wore to be directed was how to prevent a majority rule and to preserve the spirit and form of popular government. The representative form of government was their answer. The United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government. - Constitution, Article IV, Sect. 4 Sovereignty was placed in the hands of the people. No authority was delegated to any department either of National or State Government except by the people through the provisions contained in the Constitution. There could be no question but that by a republican form of government was intended a government in which not only would the people's representatives make laws and the agents administer them, but the people would also directly or indirectly choose the Executive. - Cooley.