Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its importance in relation to their future condition Reasons of certain anomalies which the laws and customs of the Anglo- Social condition of the Anglo-Americans CHAPTER III. 42 The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Anglo-Americans is its essential Democracy Political consequences of the social condition of the Anglo-Americans CHAPTER IV. The principle of the sovereignty of the people in America CHAPTER V. Necessity of examining the condition of the States before that of the Union 51 54 55 Political effects of the system of local administration in the United CHAPTER VI. . Judicial power in the United States, and its influence on political society Page 92 97 A farther difference between the Senate and the House of Representa tives 112 The executive power 113 Differences between the position of the President of the United States 115 Why the President of the United States does not require the majority of the two houses in order to carry on the Government 119 Means of determining the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Procedure of the Federal Courts 132 135 137 143 High rank of the Supreme courts among the great powers of the State Why the Federal system is not adapted to all peoples, and how the Anglo-Americans were enabled to adopt it 161 CHAPTER IX. Why the People may strictly be said to govern in the United States Choice of the People, and instinetive preferences of the American Democracy Causes which may partly correct these tendencies of the Democracy Public officers under the control of the Democracy in America cracy 194 197 200 201 203 Instability of the Administration in the United States 206 Charges levied by the State under the rule of the American Democracy 208 Tendencies of the American Democracy as regards the salaries of public officers 212 Difficulty of distinguishing the causes which contribute to the economy of the American Government Whether the expenditure of the United States can be compared to that of France Corruption and vices of the rulers in a Democracy, and consequent effects upon public morality 215 216 What the real advantages are which American Society derives from the Government of the Democracy 233 General tendency of the laws under the rule of the American Democra Activity which pervades all the branches of the body politie in the United 245 CHAPTER XV. Unlimited power of the majority in the United States, and its conse quences 250 How the unlimited power of the majority increases in America, the instability of legislation inherent in Democracy 253 Tyranny of the majority 255 Effects of the unlimited power of the majority upon the arbitrary author ity of the American public officers 258 Effects of the tyranny of the majority upon the national character of the Americans The greatest dangers of the American Republics proceed from the unlimited power of the majority 262 267 CHAPTER XVI. Causes which mitigate the tyranny of the majority in the United States The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to counterpoise the Democracy 270 Trial by Jury in the United States considered as a political institution 279 287 288 298 298 Principal causes which tend to maintain the Democratic Republic in the Accidental or Providential causes which contribute to the maintenance Religion considered as a political institution, which powerfully contributes to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic among the Americans 299 Indirect influence of religious opinions upon political society in the 302 Principal causes which render religion powerful in America Whether laws and manners are sufficient to maintain Democratic institutions in other countries besides America 322 Importance of what precedes with respect to the State of Europe CHAPTER XVIII., 325 The present and probable future condition of the three Races which inhabit the territory of the United States 329 The present and probable future condition of the Indian Tribes which Of the Republican institutions of the United States, and what their chances of duration are 414 Reflections on the causes of the commercial prosperity of the United States 420 Conclusion 428 |