"It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy, that it was worse than the disease. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency." - James Madison.
What Madison is saying in this section is that the Articles of Confederation was not a solution to fix the up and coming United States government, but it was going to harm the government and causes more issues that politicians wanted to avoid when they signed the Articles. It did not seem that the U.S. was free from the policies that they wanted to avoid, like other states making their own currencies and placing tariffs on almost anything. It would have led to the fall of the United States before it got it's feet wet. With the constitution in place, it dramatically improves the condition of the United States, making the government more functional, with more liberty.
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