The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in the WestThe Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in the West by James Partridge Arthur, first published in 1866, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... popular insurrection happen in one of the States , the others are able to quell it . Should abuses creep into one part , they are reformed by those that remain sound . ” — Montes- quieu . Vol . I. pp . 165-7 . Edition of 1777 . " I ...
... of a divine decree upon the change . To attempt to check Democracy would be in that case to resist the will of God . " De Tocqueville , p . 21 , Introduction . B CONTENTS . FIVE popular errors on national questions . -
... popular institutions have a clear field , and to shew that all there that tends to revolution , is of oligarchy , Slavery , and a spurious Democracy , and that Conservatism and Radicalism , order and the People , march hand in hand to ...
... popular Government , and national morality , —a combination of which America is the chief exponent , and which will crown the glorious edifice of her Democracy . When the South has done this work , it can have no other . It will fall ...
... popular Policies . - America drills . The army of the future . - Universal questions.- English questions , -India , Canada , and Cotton . - Universal popular reaction . - The perils of England . - The tendencies of anti - English policy ...