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 Precocity of American females, ii. 209.

Preference for established opinions in America, ii. 276.

President, the, elective and responsible, his dependencies, &c., i. 124. His salary fixed on his entry into office, i. 125. Suspensive veto, i. 126. Difference of position with that of a constitutional king of France, i. 127. The mere executor of the law, i. 128. The checks upon, in the exercise of the executive authority, i. 129. His power to nominate public officers, i. 129. Prerogatives of, no opportunity of exercising, i. 130. Why he does not require the majority of the two houses in order to carry on the affairs of the government, i. 131. The election of, i. 137. Case in which the house of representatives is called upon to choose, i. 140. Re-election of a president, the reasons for and against it, i. 142.

Press, liberty of the, its extent and influence in America, i. 194. Reasons of some nations for cherishing it, i. 195. A necessary consequence of the sovereignty of the people as understood in America, i. 196.

Press, periodical, violent language of the, in the United Stales, i. 196. Peculiar propensities of it, i. 196. Judicial prosecutions of it rare in the United States, i. 200. Why it is less powerful in America than elsewhere, i. 201. Its opinions more firm in the United States than in Europe, i. 202.

Pride of descents, the secret love of, among the Americans, ii. 184.

Pride, the ruling vice of the age, ii. 263.

Pride and servility, alike the characteristics of a democratic people, ii. 314.

Primogeniture, the influence of its non-existence in the United States, ii. 38.

Principles, stability of, and mutability of actions, in the people of the United States, ii. 273.

Private independence, how sustained in democratic countries and also in aristocratic, ii. 344.

Privilege, hatred of, in a democracy most intense when most rare, ii. 314. How favourable to concentration, ii. 314.

Privileges of society, and those of individuals, the estimate of, in a democracy, ii. 309.

Privileges, exclusive, repugnant to a democratic people, ii. 308.

Productions of magnitude few in the United States, ii. 55.

Promotion, its rarity in a democratic army during peace, ii. 293.

Propensities of men, in democratic nations to despise their rulers, ii. 351.

Property, its influence in aristocratic countries on marriage, ii. 219.

Property, division of, in the United States, and its influence on the family relations, ii. 205.