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 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, i. 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 administration 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.

Degrees of rank, the, among aristocratic nations, ii. 183. Imperfectly understood by Americans, ii. 183.

Delegates, claims of their constituents 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, i. 52. Its extent of inconsiderable productions, &c., ii. 55. Its influence 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