The American Commonwealth, Volume 1

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Macmillan and Company, 1891 - Politics and government - 764 pages

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Contents

NATURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
29
THE PRESIDENT
35
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE PARTIES
38
THE POLITICIANS
39
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND DUTIES
49
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENCY
65
WHY GREAT MEN ARE NOT CHOSEN PRESIDENTS
73
PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
75
THE MACHINE
78
THE CABINET
81
WHAT THE MACHINE HAS TO DO
86
THE SENATE
92
HOW THE MACHINE WORKS
93
THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BODY
102
ITS WORKING AND INFLUENCE
108
LOCAL EXTENSION OF RINGS AND BOSSES
115
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
121
SPOILS
125
EXTRACTS FROM THE RULES OF THE SENATE
133
ELECTIONS AND THEIR MACHINERY
135
THE HOUSE AT WORK
138
CORRUPTION
149
THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS
150
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION
161
THE WAR AGAINST BOSSDOM
162
NOMINATING CONVENTIONS
170
CONGRESSIONAL FINANCE
171
THE NOMINATING CONVENTION AT WORK
179
THE RELATIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES
180
CHAP PAGE XIX GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONGRESS
186
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
196
THE RELATIONS OF CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT
205
THE ISSUES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
207
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE
212
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
214
TYPES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN
222
THE FEDERAL COURTS
225
WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK OF IT
230
PART IVPUBLIC OPINION
236
THE COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
237
THE WORKING OF THE COURTS
255
ORGANS OF PUBLIC OPINION
262
COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SYSTEMS
271
NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS MOULDING PUBLIC OPINION
273
CLASSES AS INFLUENCING OPINION
285
OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
291
LOCAL TYPES OF OPINIONEAST WEST AND SOUTH
298
THE NATURE OF PUBLIC OPINION 239
301
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
350
WHEREIN PUBLIC OPINION SUCCEEDS
354
THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
355
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
363
THE PHILADELPHIA GAS RING
367
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BY USAGE
381
THE RESULTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
390
THE STATE GOVERNMENTS
397
NATURE OF THE AMERICAN STATE
398
KEARNEYISM IN CALIFORNIA 385
401
THE PROBLEM OF TERRITORIAL EXTENSION
409
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
413
LAISSEZ FAIRE
417
THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS
434
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
437
DIRECT LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE
446
THE SUPPOSED FAULTS OF DEMOCRACY
449
STATE LEGISLATURES
451
THE TRUE FAULTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
463
THE STATE EXECUTIVE
473
THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
474
THE STATE JUDICIARY
480
XOVI HOW FAR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE
487
STATE FINANCE
490
THE WORKING OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
505
RAILROADS
522
REMEDIES FOR THE FAULTS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
525
WALL STREET
533
STATE POLITICS
540
THE UNIVERSITIES
541
THE TERRITORIES
552
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
561
THE CHURCHES AND THE CLERGY
570
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION 587
571
OBSERVATIONS ON RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT
582
THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES
593
THE POSITION OF WOMEN
600
THE WORKING OF CITY GOVERNMENTS
606
EQUALITY
615
THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THOUGHT
627
CREATIVE INTELLECTUAL POWER
637
THE LOBBY
647
THE RELATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE 650
650
CONSTITUTION of the Confederate StatES 186165
653
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 178188
662
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
669
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
718
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Page 667 - And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.
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