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. Taxes are, or should be, paid to support the institutions LANCASTER, PA. INQUIRER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY. Am H-314 us 850.6.5 1214 HARVARD COLLEGE Jan 19, 1939 LIBRARY Transferred from Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Lancaster, Pa. INQUIRER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, Stereotypers and Printers. PREFACE. Ir will be generally conceded that the most profound and searching discussion of the democratic principle and of the character and tendencies of the Government of the United States, which has appeared in modern times, is that of De Tocqueville. Many of his chapters sound like prophecy when read in the light of recent events. The monograph of the Marquis De Chambrun on the Executive Power of the United States is a worthy continuation of De Tocqueville's discussion. It is the first of a series of four volumes, which the author proposes to publish, on the several departments and functions of our Government. Should the series be completed with the thoroughness and ability manifested in this volume, it will have a repertory of the most valuable political results of our republican experiments. This volume offers a new and striking illustration of 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 |