American Union, its apparent emblance to all other confederations and its different effects, i. 167. Americans, their disbelief in the supernatural, ii. 2. The peculiarities of their condition, ii. 36. The advantages they derive from England, ii. 36. Their preference for practical rather 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 science, ii. 41. Their inventive power and ingenuity, ii. 42. Actuated by the principle of interest, ii. 130. Their fondness for animal excitement, 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 impetuosity of, ii. 237. Curiosity of the, great, ii. 237. Their excessive vanity, ii. 238. Their captiousness, 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 future condition, i. 26. Their diversity 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 English, ii. 179.

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

Aristocratic nations, members of, their dependance upon one another, ii. 94. The opposite tendency in a democracy, ii. 94. Institutions, remains of, in the midst of a complete democracy, i, 44. Aristocracy, created by manufacture:

and business, ii. 171. Its origin, characteristics, and consequences,

in a democracy, ii. 172. Its privileges, real or assumed, ii. 178. Its influence on the sexes, ii. 218. Armies, American, their restless spirit, an inherent evil of their constitution, ii. 285. Large, dangerous to a republic, ii. 286. Democratic, their weakness at the outset of a campaign, and strength in a protracted war, ii. 291. Causes of this, ii. 291. Armies, democratic, their desire for

war, ii. 280. Standing, the necessity of in a republic, ii. 280. In aristocratic and democratic countries 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 Americans, i. 108.

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

in the United States, ii. 118. Public 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 relation to the social and political condition 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 branches of the, and its influence on society, i. 270. More difficult of perception, than the freedom and equality which reign there, i. 271. Difficulty for an American to confine himself to his own business, i. 272. The political agitation which extends to all social intercourse, the cause of the commercial activ

yof the Americans, 1. 275. Indirect 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. Industrial, 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,

causes which conduce to this, ii. 317. The causes which tend to prevent this, ii. 317. Enervating to society and weakening to itself, . 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 pros perity of the Americans a source of advantage to British manufactures, i. 464. The dismemberment of the Union would not check 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 democracy, 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., 1. 123. 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, regarded 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 fixing 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

affairs, i. 217. Causes which may partly 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. 1ts 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 Unitea

States, the principal causes which tend to maintain it, i. 315. Accidental or providential causes — the