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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... progress which , for a century and a half past , has been rescuing that vast 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 ...
... Progress of the Nation 242--280 CHAPTER II . - 1777-1833 . Disunion and Denatio- nalisation . The era of compromise 281-300 CHAPTER III . - 1833-1860 . BATTLE . Decline of Slave Power . CHAPTER IV . -1860 . 301-327 VICTORY . Oligarchy ...
... progress . The fate of selfish and perverse oligarchies , if not their blood , will be upon themselves or upon their children . 66 The making of the American nation " and De- mocracy thus appears to solve Problems which have been ...
... " Slavery and Oligarchy not only warred directly against Freedom , but they warred against the in- tellect and progress of the country which was for many years organised almost exclusively in refe- rence to this PREFACE . XXV.
... progress of Slavery and Oligarchy . The next step will now be to distinguish and to organise , and in organising to allow to governing qualities and to governing intellects their proper and natural rank and place . The American ...