THE EXECUTIVE POWER IN THE UNITED STATES: A STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. BY ADOLPHE DE CHAMBRUN. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY MRS. MADELEINE VINTON DAHLGREN. Votes cannot INSURE equal rights to all i v ivu LANCASTER, PA. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by MRS. MADELEINE VINTON DAHLGREN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE. - It will be generally conceded that the most profound ERRATA. Preface, p. 1, line 14, for “have” read“ prove;" line 15, for“ experiments” read “ experiment.” Chapter II., page 52, line 8, for “Russa” read “Russia.” P. 127, line 12, interpolate the between “ executive" and “ preponderating.” P. 176, line 14, for ca ira read çıı ira. P. 7, Opinions of the Press, line 30, for “open” read “pen.” the fact that many of the characteristics and tendencies of a nation are better understood and appreciated by foreigners than by native citizens. The foreign student has an advantage in the stand-point from which he makes his observation. He studies the institutions from a distance, and is able to measure them by other standards with less bias, perhaps, than those whose opinions have become a part of the public thought of |