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Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its Importance in Relation to their future
Condition
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Reasons of certain Anomalies which the Laws and Customs of the Anglo-
Americans present
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CHAPTER III.
Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans
47
The striking Characteristic of the social Condition of the Anglo-Ameri-
cans 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
Political Effects of the System of local Administration in the United States
63
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CHAPTER VI.
Judicial Power in the United States, and its Influence on political Society
Other Powers granted to the American Judges
Legislative Powers
121
A farther Difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives
The executive Power
124
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 Gov.
126
130
Why the President of the United States does not require the Majority of
the two Houses in Order to carry on the Government
131
Procedure of the federal Courts
Election of the President
Mode of Election
Crisis of the Election
Re-election of the President
Federal Courts
Means or determining the Jurisdiction of the federal Courts
Different Cases of Jurisdiction
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
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137
140
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145
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166
Choice of the People, and instinctive Preferences of the American Democracy 214
Causes which may partly correct the Tendencies of the Democracy
Influence which the American Democracy has exercised on the Laws rela-
ting to Elections
217
221
Public Officers under the control of the Democracy in America
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Arbitrary Power of Magistrates under the rule of the American Democracy 225
Instability of the Administration in the United States
228
Charges levied by the State under the rule of the American Democracy
Tendencies of the American Democracy as regards the Salaries of public
Officers
230
234
Difficulty of distinguishing the Causes which contribute to the Economy of
the American Government
237-
Whether the Expenditure of the United States can be compared to that of
France
238
Corruption and vices of the Rulers in a Democracy, and consequent Effects
upon public Morality
243
What the real Advantages are which American Society derives from the Gov-
ernment of the Democracy
General Tendency of the Laws under the Rule of the American Democra-
cy, and Habits of those who apply them
Respect for the Law in the United States
268
Activity which pervades all the Branches of the Body politic in the United
States; Influence which it exercises upon Society
270
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 Insta.
bility of Legislation inherent in Democracy
Effects of the unlimited Power of the Majority upon the arbitrary Author-
ity of the American public Officers
283
Power exercised by the Majority in America upon public Opinion
Effects of the Tyranny of the Majority upon the national Character of the
Americans
284
287
The greatest Dangers of the American Republics proceed from the unlim-
ited Power of the Majority
292
CHAPTER XVI.
Causes which Mitigate the Tyranny of the Majority in the United States
Absence of central Administration
The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to Counterpoise the
Democracy
297
307
Trial by Jury in the United States considered as a political Institution
CHAPTER XVII.
Principal Causes which tend to maintain the democratic Republic in the United
States
Accidental or providential Causes which contribute to the Maintenance of
the democratic Republic in the United States
Influence of the Laws upon the Maintenance of the democratic Republic
in the United States
Influence of Manners upon the Maintenance of the democratic Republic i
the United States
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Religion considered as a political Institution, which powerfully Contributes to the Maintenance of the democratic Republic among the Americans
Indirect Influence of religious Opinions upon political Society in the United
Principal Causes which render Religion powerful in America
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386
How the Instruction, the Habits, and the practical Experience of the Amer-
icans, promote the Success of their democratic Institutions
The Laws contribute more to the Maintenance of the democratic Republic
in the United States than the physical Circumstances of the Country, and
the Manners more than the Laws
Whether Laws and Manners are sufficient to maintain democratic Institu
tions in other Countries beside America
Importance of what precedes with respect to the State of Europe
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348
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The present and probable future Condition of the three Races which Inhabit
the Territory of the United States
361
The present and probable future Condition of the Indian Tribes which In-
habit the Territory possessed by the Union
Situation of the black Population in the United States, and Dangers with
which its Presence threatens the Whites
367
What are the Chances in favour of the Duration of the American Union,
and what Dangers threaten it
413
Of the republican Institutions of the United States, and what their Chances
of Duration are
Reflections on the Causes of the commercial Prosperity of the United
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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THE SECOND PART.
FIRST BOOK.
INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE PROGRESS OF OPINION IN THE
UNITED STATES.
CHAPTER I.
Philosophical method among the Americans
CHAPTER II.
Of the principal source of belief among democratic nations
Why the Americans display more readiness and more taste for general ideas
than their forefathers the English.
Why the Americans have never been so eager as the French for general ideas
in political matters.
Of the manner in which religion in the United States avails itself of demo.
cratic tendencies
Of the progress of Roman Catholicism in the United States.
CHAPTER VII.
Of the cause of a leaning to Pantheism among democratic nations
CHAPTER VIII.
The principle of equality suggests to the Americans the idea of the indefinite
perfectibility of man
The example of the Americans does not prove that a democratic people can
have no aptitude and no taste for science, literature, or art.
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