A.

ABORIGINES, the of America, tradi-
tionary accounts of, i. 24.
Abstract expressions, preference for,
in democratic nations, ii. 72. Il-
lustrations of this, ii. 73.
Activity, the, of the American peo-
ple, ii. 150.

Administration of government in
America, its operations unperceiv-
ed by travellers, i. 72. Form of
the, in the United States, its con-
nexion with the press, ii. 120. Of
the United States, general remarks
upon, i. 81. Instability of, i. 228.
Prejudicial to the art of govern-
ment, i. 229. Increased mutability
of the laws of, caused by the year-
ly change of the legislature, and
by investing it with unbounded
authority, i. 278. Other effects
produced, i. 279. Of the several
states of the Union, difference of,

i. 82.

Ambition for wealth, the passion

common to all classes, ii. 137. In

the United States, a universal sen-
timent, ii. 258. Causes which
restrict its influence, ii. 258. In
a democratic community when di-
vested of aristocratic influences, ii.
259. Political, its violent charac-
ter in the United States, ii. 262.
The danger of repressing its influ-
ence, ii. 263.

America, North, its external form and

divisions, i. 17. Physical features
of its range of mountains, &c., i.
18. Its gloomy and steril aspect
to the first settlers, i. 21. South,
political impressions of Europeans
on their first landing upon, i. 20.
American Indians, their probable ori-
gin, i. 22. Their peculiar charac
teristics, i. 22. Peculiarities of
their language and its dialects, i.
22. Their habits and characteris-
tics in peace and war, i. 23. Their
religious belief, &c., i. 24.
American literature, its characteris-
tics and future prospects, ii. 58.
American women, the intellectual
superiority of, ii. 225.

American Union, its apparent >m-
blance to all other confederations
and its different effects, i. 167.
Americans, their disbelief in the super-
natural, ii. 2. The peculiarities of
their condition, ii. 36. The advanta-
ges they derive from England, ii. 36.
Their preference for practical rath-
er than speculative pursuits, ii. 37.
Their commercial habits, ii. 37.
Influence of religion upon, ii. 37.
Why they are more addicted to
practical than to theoretical sci-
ence, ii. 41. Their inventive pow-
er and ingenuity, ii. 42. Actuated
by the principle of interest, ii. 130.
Their fondness for animal excite-
ment, ii. 167. Utilitarianism of,
ii. 221. Seriousness of the effect
of their institutions, ii. 234. Their
cautiousness, and the causes which
induce it, ii. 235. Hurry and im-
petuosity of, ii. 237. Curiosity of
the, great, ii. 237. Their exces-
sive vanity, ii. 238. Their cap-
tiousness, ii. 238. Their other
peculiar characteristics, ii. 251.
Commercial enterprise of, ii. 252.
Amusements, the public, among an-

cient democracies, ii. 235.
Anarchy sometimes to be feared from

free institutions, ii. 306.
Anglo-Americans, their origin, its
importance in relation to their fu-
ture condition, i. 26. Their diver-
sity of character and disposition,
i. 28. Their social condition, &c.,
i. 47. Aristocratic laws introduced
in the south by the, i. 49.

Anomalies, the, which the laws and
customs of the Anglo-Americans
present, i. 44. Reasons for this,

i. 44.

Anti-social propensities of the En-
glish, ii. 179.

Apathy, when general among a peo-
ple, a tendency to despotism, ii. 341.
Archimedes, his lofty spirit, &c.,
ii. 45.

Aristocratic nations, members of,
their dependance upon one anoth-
er, ii. 94. The opposite tendency
in a democracy, ii. 94. Institu-
tions, remains of, in the midst of
a complete democracy, i. 44.
Aristocracy, created by manufacturer
and business, ii. 171. Its origin,
characteristics, and consequences,
in a democracy, ii. 172. Its privi-
leges, real or assumed, ii. 178.
Its influence on the sexes, ii. 218.
Armies, American, their restless

spirit, an inherent evil of their con-
stitution, ii. 285. Large, dangerous
to a republic, ii. 286. Democratic,
their weakness at the outset of a
campaign, and strength in a pro-
tracted war, ii. 291. Causes of
this, ii. 291.
Armies, democratic, their desire for

war, ii. 280. Standing, the neces-
sity of in a republic, ii. 280. In
aristocratic and democratic coun-
tries contrasted, ii. 281. Opposing
tendencies of, and the dangers to
which it exposes, ii. 283. Its
character and habits, ii. 283.
Art. 75, of the year viii., not under-

stood by the English and Ameri
cans, i. 108.

arts, the fine, their cultivation by
the Americans, ii. 49. The profi-
ciency in, by the Americans, ii. 55.
Associations, intellectual and moral

in the United States, ii. 118. Pub-
lic influence of newspapers on, ii.
119. Their limited responsibility
and restricted independence, ii.
332. Their requiring state license,
ii. 332.

Authors, American, their character-

istics essentially English, ii. 58.
Literary fame of, eagerly sought
for in England, ii. 58. Their rela-
tion to the social and political con-
dition of a nation, ii. 62. Their
numbers and characteristics in a
democracy, ii. 63. Their model in
writing essentially English, ii. 67.

B.

Bankrupts, indulgence shown to, in

the United States, ii. 252.
Black-letter law-books, extracts from
relating to honour, ii. 256.
Body politic in the United States,
activity which pervades all branch-
es of the, and its influence on so-
ciety, i. 270. More difficult of
perception, than the freedom and
equality which reign there, i. 271.
Difficulty for an American to con-
fine himself to his own business, i.
272. The political agitation which
extends to all social intercourse,
the cause of the commercial activ-

y of the Americans, 1. 275. Irdi-
rect advantages to society from a
democratic government.
Books, numerous in the United States,
ii. 57. Reprinted from English
editions, ii. 58. Their scarcity
among the ancients, ii. 64.
Buildings, public, their construction
in the United States, ii. 53.

C.

Callings, all honest, honourable
among the Americans, ii. 162. In-
dustrial, generally followed by the
Americans, ii. 164.

Capital punishment, its rarity in the
United States, ii. 177. No instance
of for political or state offence, ii.

177.

Capitol, the, at Washington, &c., ii.

55.

Captiousness of the Americans, ii.

238.

Caste, the divisions of, among an
aristocratic people, ii. 174. Its dis
tinctions and grades, &c., ii. 189.
Causes which influence the events of
history, ii. 91.

Cautiousness of the Americans, the

causes which induce it, ii. 235.
Central power, recognised in ages of

equality, ii. 312. In what manner
it offers a powerful counteraction
to the transformations of society,
ii. 312.
Centralization, its import, as applied
to the local and federal govern
ments, i. 88. Of government,

rauses which conduce to this, ii. 317. The causes which tend to prevent this, ii. 317. Enervating to society and weakening to itself, i. 320. Fondness of military men for, ii. 321. Of power induced by the principle of equality, ii. 322. Change, love of, among a democratic people, ii. 272. Characteristics, general, of a democratic age, ii. 17.

Characteristics, literary, of democrat

ic and aristocratic countries compared, ii. 59.

Characteristics, peculiar of the Americans, ii. 251.

Charges, levied by the state under the rule of the American democracy, i. 230. Why public expenditures tend to increase, when the people governs, i. 231. Why this is less to be feared in America than elsewhere, i. 232. Public expenditures under a democracy, i. 233. Tendencies of the American democracy as it regards the salaries of public officers, i. 234 What are increased and what reduced, i. 235. Comparison of the public expenditures in France and the United States, i. 236.

China, prohibitionary rules of, ii. 261. Chinese, their attainments in the arts, ii. 47.

Christianity, its influence upon the

world, on its first introduction, ii 24. Christianity, in America, its few

forms and observances, ii. 27. Citizens, of the United States, their

rights of indicting a public functionary, i. 107. Their individual insignificance in a democracy, ii. 55. Civil associations, their connexion with those political, ii. 123. Classes of society in a democracy, ii. 269.

Clergy, the, their influence in the United States, ii. 27. Their respect for intellectual superiority and public opinion, ii. 28. Characteristics of their public discourses, their habits, &c., ii. 135. Commercial prosperity of the United

States, reflections on the causes of, i. 457. The Americans destined by nature to be a great maritime people, i. 458. Extent of their coasts, i. 459. Depth of their ports, size of their rivers, &c., i. 460. Their facility for changing their occupations and pursuits, i. 461. The commercial superiority of the Anglo-Americans, less attributable to physical circumstances, than to moral and intellectual causes, i. 463. Reasons for this, as instanced in the commercial relations between the northern and southern states, i. 464. The prosperity of the Americans a source of advantage to British manufactures, i. 464. The dismemberment of the Union would not cneck the maritime vigour of the States, i. 464. The Anglo-Americans will naturally supply the wants of South America, i. 463. They will become, like the English, the fac

tors of a great portion of the world, i. 462. General view of the whole subject, i. 465.

Combinations of Americans, their

great achievements, ii. 167. Commanders, military, in a democ

racy, their disinclination to war, ii. 289.

Compassion, the feeling of, in the Americans, as contrasted with their egotism, ii. 176.

Competition among the Americans,

ii. 262.

Comprehensive view of men and

things, ii. 354.

Compulsory enlistment preferred to voluntary recruiting in a democracy, ii. 287. Its inequality of burden on a community, 287. Concentration of power in democrat

ic nations, why approved, ii. 308. Condition of the Americans, a cause

of their unsettled opinions, ii. 74. Confederated governments, the tendency of all nations of this age to become, ii. 315.

Conjugal authority, the respect paid to, by the women of America, ii. 225.

Conjugal tie, respect paid to, in the

United States, ii. 251. Congress, members of, addicted to frequent speaking, ii. 97. Congress of the United States, the influence of its debates on the people, ii. 99.

Connecticut, the state of, its code of

laws promulgated in 1650, i. 37. Constitution, a, can only be logically

said to exist, in the early stages of a nation, its effects, &c., i. 125. Conventional rules of society, how

affected by the principle of democracy, ii. 207. Conversation, confidence in, by American women, ii. 210. Constituted powers, their apparent decline, ii. 335.

Contempt of forms, characteristic of a democratic age, ii. 347. The dangers to which it exposes, ii. 347. Counties in America, administrative duties of, how performed, ii. 345. Counties, the, of New England, compared with those of France, i. 71. Courage, among the Americans, re

garded as the highest virtue, ii. 252.

Court of sessions, in New England, its authority and influence, i. 77. Courts of justice, in the United States, their great extent of power, i. 105. Precautions of the legislature to prevent its abuse, i. 106. Courts of the Union, their right fix ing their own jurisdiction, i. 149. In what respect this rule attacks the portion of sovereignty reserved to the several states, i. 149. Choice of the people, and instinctive preferences of the American democracy, i. 214. Talented people in the United States rarely placed at the head of public affairs, i. 215. En vy of the lower orders against the higher, a democratic sentiment, i. 216. Why distinguished men seclude themselves from the public