Government must be able to control the governed, but it must also control itself. The primary control will be its dependence on the people, but other precautions will be necessary. Maintaining the necessary separation between the branches of government will be handled by the very relationship each branch has to the other and will keep them within their designated limits. Each branch will have a will of its own with the individual members playing as small a role as possible in the appointment of the other branches. The exception to this rule might be the Judicial Branch. Since each member must have unique qualifications and is appointed for life they would not be depending on the authority that appointed them.
Each branch must not depend on the other branches for their salary and they must be equally allowed to defend itself to avoid the risk of being attacked or attacking another branch. The goal is to divide and arrange the departments to be able to check the other.
The Legislative Branch is naturally going to be the strongest. In order to lesson that difference it will be divided and separated. Each group will have differing methods of election as well as having its own distinct powers and procedures. With the division and natural strengths of this branch comes the natural weakness of the executive branch which will have to be strengthened.
Further protection from abuses of power is attained by separating state and federal governments and also by having many different types of citizens within the society making it difficult to combine together for the sake of oppressing others. As the Union becomes more diverse and with additional states being added, security for the rights of every class of citizen is increased under the republican form of government.
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