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 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 democratic 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. 98.

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. 123. Conventional rules of society, how affected by the prmciple 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. Envy of the lower orders against the higher, a democratic sentiment, i. 216. Why distinguished men seclude themselves from the public