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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... ment of relations between the parts and the whole . Due and full consideration therefore of the American Federal Republic , has to do- 1st . With the material Bases of that nation , or its Territory , Labor , and Population . 2nd . With ...
... ment . A Section would continue to rule over others , and meanwhile , keep those others in a state in which they could be ruled . Between them was essential war , and from the highest point of view , the nation , before it could proceed ...
... bad Government is consent to ruin . Good Government can come only of general Intellectual and moral Development . Where the Government of the all is good Govern- ment , there only are the means and the end X PREFACE .
... ment , there only are the means and the end both answered , there and there only is Democracy , — there only is a Royal and also a loyal nation . Broadly and absolutely , then , there are two great elements of interest in this American ...
... ment , or whether its existence in America was a mere creature of the hour , of the country , or of the race , —part of an immature civilisation and a scattered people . Whether the universal people do verily gravitate towards Democracy ...