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which has been added the census of 1840.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Introduction.

CHAPTER I

. Exterior form of North America.

CHAPTER II
. Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its Importance in Relation to
their future Condition. Reasons of certain Anomalies which the Laws
and Customs of the Anglo-Americans present.

CHAPTER III
. Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans. The striking Characteristic
of the social Condition of the Anglo-Americans is its essential
Democracy. Political Consequences of the social Condition of the
Anglo-Americans.

CHAPTER IV
. The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America.

CHAPTER V
. Necessity of examining the Condition of the States before that of the
Union at large. The American System of Townships and municipal
Bodies. Limits of the Townships. Authorities of the Township in New
England. Existence of the Township. Public Spirit of the Townships of
New England. The Counties of New England. Administration in New
England. General Remarks on the Administration of the United States.
Of the State. Legislative Power of the State. The executive Power of
the State. Political Effects of the System of local Administration in the
United States.

CHAPTER VI
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Judicial Power in the United States, and its Influence on Political
Society. Other Powers granted to the American Judges.

CHAPTER VII
. Political Jurisdiction in the United States.

CHAPTER VIII
. The federal Constitution. History of the federal Constitution.
Summary of the federal Constitution. Prerogative of the federal
Government. Federal Powers. Legislative Powers. A farther Difference
between the Senate and the House of Representatives. The executive
Power. Differences between the Position of the President of the United
States and that of a constitutional King of France. Accidental Causes
which may increase the Influence of the executive Government. Why
the President of the United States does not require the Majority of the
two Houses in Order to carry on the Government. Election of the
President. Mode of Election. Crisis of the Election. Re-Election of the
President. Federal Courts. Means of determining the Jurisdiction of the
federal Courts. Different Cases of Jurisdiction. Procedure of the federal
Courts. High Rank of the supreme Courts among the great Powers of
the State. In what Respects the federal Constitution is superior to that
of the States. Characteristics which distinguish the federal Constitution
of the United States of America from all other federal Constitutions.
Advantages of the federal System in General, and its special Utility in
America. Why the federal System is not adapted to all Peoples, and
how the Anglo-Americans were enabled to adopt it.

CHAPTER IX
. Why the People may strictly be said to govern in the United States.

CHAPTER X
. Parties in the United States. Remains of the aristocratic Party in the
United States

CHAPTER XI
. Liberty of the Press in the United States.

CHAPTER XII
. Political Associations in the United States.

CHAPTER XIII
. Government of the Democracy in America. Universal Suffrage.
Choice of the People, and instinctive Preferences of the American
Democracy. Causes which may partly correct the Tendencies of the
Democracy. Influence which the American Democracy has exercised
on the Laws relating to Elections. Public Officers under the control of
the Democracy in America. Arbitrary Power of Magistrates under the
Rule of the American Democracy. Instability of the Administration in
the United States. Charges levied by the State under the rule of the
American Democracy. Tendencies of the American Democracy as
regards the Salaries of public Officers. Difficulties of distinguishing the
Causes which contribute to the Economy of the American Government.
Whether the Expenditure of the United States can be compared to that
of France. Corruption and vices of the Rulers in a Democracy, and
consequent Effects upon public Morality. Efforts of which a
Democracy is capable. Self-control of the American Democracy.
Conduct of foreign Affairs, by the American Democracy.

CHAPTER XIV
. What the real Advantages are which American Society derives from
the Government of the Democracy.
General Tendency of the Laws under the Rule of the American
Democracy, and Habits of those who apply them. Public Spirit in the
United States. Notion of Rights in the United States. Respect for the
Law in the United States. Activity which pervades all the Branches of
the Body politic in the United States; Influence which it exercises upon

Society.

CHAPTER XV
. Unlimited Power of the Majority in the United States, and its
Consequences. How the unlimited Power of the Majority increases in
America, the Instability of Legislation inherent in Democracy. Tyranny
of the Majority. Effects of the unlimited Power of the Majority upon
the arbitrary Authority of the American public Officers. Power
exercised by the Majority in America upon public Opinion. Effects of
the Tyranny of the