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Arbitrary Power of Magistrates under the rule of the American Democracy 225
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
228
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
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 Democrac
Conduct of foreign Affairs, by the A
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
243
245
249
251
257
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
275
278
Tyranny of the Majority
280
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
284
Effects of the Tyranny of the Majority upon the national Character of the
Americans
287
The greatest Dangers of the American Republics proceed from the unlim-
ited Power of the Majority
293
CHAPTER XVI.
Causes which Mitigate the Tyranny of the Majority in the United States
Absence of central Administration
295
The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to Counterpoise the
Democracy
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
315
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 in
the United States
326
327
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
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 ect to the State of Europe
328
331
386
343
348
353
356
The present and probable future Con
the Territory of the United States
the three Races which Inhabit
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
What are the Chances in favour of the Duration of the American Union,
and what Dangers threaten it
Of the republican Institutions of the United States, and what their Chances
of Duration are
450
Reflections on the Causes of the commercial Prosperity of the United
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND PART.
FIRST BOOK.
INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE PROGRESS OF OPINION IN THE
Why the Americans display more readiness and more taste for general ideas
than their forefathers the English.
CHAPTER IV.
Why the Americans have never been so eager as the French for general ideas
in political matters.
CHAPTER V.
Of the manner in which religion in the United States avails itself of demo-
cratic tendencies
CHAPTER VI.
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
CHAPTER IX.
The example of the Americans does not prove that a democratic people can
✓ have no aptitude and no taste for science, literature, or art
CHAPTER X.
Why the Americans are more addicted to practical than to theoretical science
CHAPTER XI.
Concerning the spirit in which the Americans cultivate the arts
CHAPTER YIL
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Why the Americans raise some monuments so insignificant and others so important 55
The study of Greek and Latin literature peculiarly useful in democratic com-
Of some of the sources of poetry among democratic nations
INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE FEELINGS OF THE AMERICANS.
CHAPTER I.
Why democratic nations show a more ardent and enduring love of equality than
of liberty
CHAPTER II.
Of individualism in democratic communities
CHAPTER III.
Individualism stronger at the close of a democratic revolution than at other
periods
That the Americans combat the effects of individualism by free institutions
109
Of the use which the Americans make of public associations in civil life
Of the relation between public associations and newspapers
Connexion of civil and political associations .
The Americans combat individualism by the principle of interest rightly under-
stood
That the Americans apply the principle of interest rightly understood to reli.
gious matters
Peculiar effects of the love of physical gratifications in democratic ages.
CHAPTER XII.
Causes of fanatical enthusiasm in some Americans
CHAPTER XIII.
Causes of the restless spirit of the Americans in the midst of their prosperity
CHAPTER XIV.
Taste for physical gratifications united in America to love of freedom and atten-
tion to public affairs
That religious belief sometimes turns the Americans to immaterial pleasures
That excessive care of worldly welfare may impair that welfare
That at times marked by equality of conditions it is important to remove to a distance the object of human actions
CHAFTER XVIII.
That among the Americans all honest callings are honourable