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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... empire into America . " - John Adams . " America is therefore the land of the future where , in the ages that lie before us , the burden of the world's history shall reveal itself . It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of ...
... empire from barbarism . The imperial power has to struggle against the old prejudices of our old Europe ; it must centralize , as closely as possible , in the hands of an individual , the force of the state , in order to destroy all the ...
... are now , in the fulness of time , nearly worked out upon the American continent . The making of the American Nation . The making of the American Democracy . b The making of the first Federal Republican Empire . A PREFACE .
... Empire . A Nation is made of material Bases , Individua- lity and Organic Functions . By the first it exists ; by the second it exists as a nation ; and by the third it thinks , administrates , and acts . A Democracy is made of a ...
... EMPIRE is established by a settlement of the Principle of Federation on natu- ral and indefeasible grounds . It is this principle of such vast and almost boundless applicability in the future , which suggests a possibility of combi ...