The Federalist #62 by James Madison or Alexander Hamilton Audio Recording

Federalist No. 62 is an essay by James Madison, the sixty-second of The Federalist Papers. It was published on February 27, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. This is the first of two essays by Madison detailing, and seeking to justify, the organization of the United States Senate. It is titled "The Senate".
Five key considerations are brought up in the introductory paragraph, of which only three and a part of the fourth are discussed in Federalist No. 62. Madison's thoughts on this subject are completed in Federalist No. 63:
The qualifications of senators (thirty years of age or older/citizen for nine years),
the appointment of Senators by the state legislatures - later changed to direct popular vote by the 17th amendment in 1913,
the equality of representation in the Senate, and
the number of senators.

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I like how Madison says in section II that its not too important to talk about the methods of choosing state electors by state appointments when that was the first thing they changed about the senate.
I do not agree with the point that the senate preserves the sovereignty of the states. This may have been true when the Senate was appointed by the states, but the only real way of preserving the rights of an minority is to give them those rights, not to give them rule.
Madison discusses that the check that the check that the Senate puts in enacting legislation can be injurious and beneficial, and that it might work better in theory than in practice. If he could see the USs history, i wonder what he'd think. He also claims that excessive legislation is a flaw of our government, which might have been true at the time, but compared to our contemporaries our system has an incredible status quo bias.
I dont think its necessarily true that its harder for two bodies to fall to corruption than one. Sure, the number of people you have to conspire with doubles, but you have the same workplace, same basic job, youll have to work with each other anyway. If theres going to be corruption, it will fall along the lines of factions which likely wont be parrellel to the lines between the floors.