affairs, i. 217. Causes which may nartly correct these tendencies of the democracy, i. 217. Effects produced on the people, collectively and individually, by exposure to great national dangers, i. 217. Why so many distinguished men stood at the helm of affairs fifty years ago in America, 1. 218. The influence which the intelligence and manners of the people exercise on its choice as seen in the states of New England, i. 218. Of certain laws, i. 219. Election by an elected body and its effects, i. 220. Criminal justice, its mild administra

tion in the United States, ii. 177. Criminal code and punishment in the United States compared with France, ii. 227.

Cultivation of the fine arts, its extent

by the Americans, ii. 49. Curiosity of the Americans, great, ii. 237.

D.

Degrees of rank, the, among aristocratic nations, ii. 183. Imperfectly understood by Americans, ii. 183. Delegates, claims of their constitu

ents upon, ii. 96. Democracy, the elements of, in the first European settlers of America, i. 29. In the western states, carried to its utmost extent, .. 52. Its extent of inconsiderable productions, &c., ii. 55. Its influ

ence upon language, ii. 67. Its tendency to exclude the past, but to open the future to the contemplation of the poet, ii. 78. Democratic government, the, in North America, i. 213. Efforts of which it is capable, i. 245. Its struggle for independence, i. 266. Its enthusiasm of, at the commencement of the war, and indifference at its close, i. 246. Difficulties of establishing a military conscription, or impressment of seamen in America, i. 246. Why less capable of sustained effort than any other, i. 248. Its self-control, i. 249. Its faults, for the most part reparable, i. 250. Conduct of, in the management of its foreign affairs, i. 251. The direction given to it, by Washington and Jefferson, i. 252. Advantages and defects of the, brought to light, i. 254. What are its real advantages to society, i. 257. General tendency of its laws, and the habits of those who apply them, i. 257. Its defects easily to be discovered but not its advantages, i. 258. Often inexpert in its measures, i. 259. Its public officers having no permanent interests distinct from those of the majority, the practical results of this, i. 260. Its indirect advantages to society, i. 276. Democratic republic in the United States, the principal causes which tend to maintain it, i. 315. Accidental or providential causes - the

Union having no neighbours — no central metropolis, &c., i. 316. The chances of birth in the people's favour, i. 318. How the American wilds are peopled, i. 321. Avidity of the Anglo-Americans in taking possession of the solitudes of the New World, i. 321. Extracts from Chancellor Kent, i. 321. Influence of physical prosperity on the political opinions of the Americans, i. 323. Influence of manners upon the maintenance of the republic, i. 327. Influence of religion, considered as a political institution, i. 328. Its proper definition—a democratic and republican Christianity, i. 328. Arrival of the Catholics in America, i. 329. Catholicism the most democratic system of religion at the present time, i. 329. How the laws contribute more to the maintenance of a republic, than the physical circumstances of the country, i. 348. All the nations of America have a democratic society, but democratic institutions are to be found only in the United States, i. 349. The Spaniards of South America equally favoured by physical causes, are unable to maintain a democratic republic, i. 349. Mexico, an instance of this, it having adopted the constitution of the United States, is notwithstanding in the same predicament, 1. 351. The Anglo-Americans of the west, less able to maintain it, than those of the east. i. 351. Rea

sons of these different results, 1. 352.

Democratic institutions, how promoted by the habits and experience of the Americans, i. 343. What is to be understood by the instruction of the American people, i. 343. Instruction in the United States more superficial, but more general than in Europe, i. 345. Rapidity with which opinions are diffused over the western states, i. 346. Practical experience more serviceable to the Americans, than book-learning, i. 348. Whether laws and manners are sufficient to maintain them in other countries beside America, i. 353. That the Anglo-Americans, if in Europe, would be obliged to modify their laws, i. 353. Distinction between democratic institutions and American institutions, i. 354. Democratic laws may be conceived different from those of America, i. 355. That the example of America only proves it to be possible to regulate a democracy by the assistance of manners and legislation, i. 355. The importance of this with regard to Europe, i. 356. Democratic communities, averse 10 reflection and meditation, ii. 43. Its members impatient of control, &c., ii. 94. Their love of equality the dominant passion, i. 102.) Prospective opinions upon, ii. 335. Democratic armies, their desire for war, &c., ii. 280. Conflicting

tendencies of, and the dangers to which they expose, ii. 283. Their characteristics, ii. 283.

Descartes, the precepts of, not studi

ed by the Americans, ii. 2.

Descent, the laws of, change in, and

the effects produced by it in America, i. 50.

Despotism, the dangers of, to a democratic constitution, ii. 109. Why kind of to be most feared by democratic nations, ii. 336.

Despotic power, in a democracy, its

characteristics, ii. 148.

Discipline in the armies of demo

cratic nations, ii. 296. Among the ancients, ii. 297.

Dissimilarity of character, the result

of inequality of condition, ii. 14. Distinction to be drawn between what is of puritanical, and what of English origin in religion, i. 45. Division of labour, the principle of, its influence on a community, ii. 170.

Dramatic literature, its influence among democratic nations, ii. 84. Drama, love of the, its extent in a democracy, ii. 86.

Dramatic pieces, listened to, but not

read in a democratic nation, ii. 87. Dread of war, the causes which induce it, ii. 298.

E.

Education, public, attention paid to it by the New England settlers, i.

41. Its equality, extent, and influence in America, i. 53. What kind necessary for a country of democratic institutions ii. 211. Its natural characteristics at the pres ent day, ii. 325.

Egotism among the Americans and
French compared, ii. 131.
Egypt, the ignorant condition of the
people of, ii. 320.

Election of president, why it does

not cause a deviation from the principles of government, i. 134. Its influence on secondary functionaries, i. 135. Election, mode, of, in the United

States, i. 137. Crisis of the, i. 140. Calm which succeeds the agitation of the, in the United States, i. 141. The means of, in a democracy, of ensuring the independence of a public officer, ii. 345. Elections, the, which have transpired

since the establishment of the constitution, i. 139. Influence of the democratic principle on the laws relating to, i. 221. When frequent, their tendency to keep up a feverish excitement, i. 221. Mutability of the laws. Opinions of Hamilton and Jefferson on this subject, i. 222. Frequent animosities at, their beneficial results, &c., ii. 110. Elective system, the dangers of, their

increase in proportion to the extent of the executive prerogative, i. 132. What circumstances are favourable to the, i. 133.

the appeal, and promulgation of, i. 117. Summary of the, i. 118. In what respects superior to that of the states, i. 161. Attributable to the wisdom of the federal legislators, i. 162. Less dependant on the people, than the several states, i. 163. Judicial power less subjected to the inclinations of the majority, i. 163. The consequences of this, i. 165. Characteristics which distinguish it from all others, i. 166. Not a federal but an imperfect national government, i. 168. Advantage of the system, i. 169. Its aim to unite the twofold advantages resulting from a large and small territory, i. 173. Its laws adapted to the exigencies of the people, i. 174. Its defects, its complexity, demanding the constant exercise of discretion on the part of citizens, i. 176. Why not adapted to all peoples, and how the Anglo Americans were enabled to adopt it, i. 175. The relative weakness of, i. 180. Its right of calling forth the militia, &c., i. 182. The war of 1812, remarks on, &c., i. 182. Federal government, the, division of

authority of, with that of the states, i. 120. Its prerogatives in peace and in war compared with that of France, i. 120. Legislative powers of, i. 121. Formation of the two branches of, i. 121. Federal courts, their impor ance in

the United States, 1. 145. Then necessity, i. 146. Means of deter. mining the jurisdiction of, i. 148. method of procedure of, i. 156. Natural weakness of the judiciary power in confederations, i. 157. The duty of legislators to arraign private individuals and not states, i. 157. How the Americans have succeeded in this, i. 158. Instances of the direct prosecution of private individuals, i. 158. Decrees of the supreme court, enervating, but not destructive of the provincial laws, i. 158.

Female education, attention paid to it in the United States, ii. 209. Its independence in protestant and catholic countries compared, ii.