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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... live constantly under the Government of a single person , had they not contrived a kind of Constitu- tion that had all the internal advantages of a Republican , to- gether with the external force of a monarchical Government . I mean a ...
... sion . Tyrants who do not dwarf , emasculate , corrupt or destroy their agents , have not studied " the Prince , " and may be safely trusted to destroy themselves . Democracy not only appeals to and lives by the complete xii PREFACE .
... lives by the complete Development of national manhood , but it cannot live without it . Thus , either by the comparative weakness or the positive evil of systems imperfect or bad , does the cause of the all advance . Freedom , removed ...
... live , who could worthily describe that Nation , or unfold its unmatched re- sources . But who can follow its History , from its source in the Democratic Puritanism of middle- class England , -- see how it loved to think , and yearned ...
... live upon that which injures the life of the other States . A false " Democracy , " and a false " State Sovereignty , " plotted together against the North , but People and States repudiate the crimes , the mistakes , and the dictation ...