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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION, in the words of Washington.....
POLITICAL MAXIMS.
I.-GOVERNMENT.
The End of Government..
Political Infallibility..
The Right of a Nation to establish its own government..
National Revolutions....
Political Improvements in Europe..
The French Revolution....
Anarchy and Tyranny...
Republicanism...
The Government of the United States.
Democracy.
Evils of Democracy.
Monarchy...
Nobility and Knighthood..
Heraldry and Republicanism..
II.-LIBERTY,
Civil Liberty.
The Cause of the American Colonies..
The Spirit of the Revolution..
False and Cruel Policy of Great Britain.
The Stamp Act: its Passage condemned.
The Stamp Act: its Repeal.. ..
Taxation....
Taxation, a Question of Right and Honor.
Lord North's Bills........
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III.-INDEPENDENCE.
The Cause of American Independence...
The Common Weal..
Independence, Won..
Momentous Influence of the Revolution.
Situation and Prospects of the Country.
IV. THE CONSTITUTION.
Choice of the Form of Government.
The Four Pillars of Independence...
Importance of the Federal Union....
Americans, united in Sympathy and Interest.
The Preservation of the Union, our Interest.
The Power of the Union...
The Extent of the Union...
Causes of Disturbance of the Union...
Union, not mere Alliance...
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Treaty-making Power...
The President, the Treaty-maker
Ratification of Treaties.
Oppressive Treaties...
Equitable Treaties...
National Friendships..
National Obligations....
The Politics of Princes.
Caprices of Ministers...
National Candor..
National Sentiments..
National Honesty
Resources of Britain..
The British Navy.
Spain....
The Mediation of Spain.
Count d'Estaing.....
America's False Security.
France and America...
French Officers in America.
French Military Character,.
France...
5.-Finance
Public Credit..
National Resources..
National Debt..
Speedy Extinguishment of the National Debt..
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THE CONSTITUTION (Continued).
6-The Judiciary.
Civil Magistrates...
The Judiciary System...
7.-Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and the Arts.
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