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the appeal, and promulgation of, i. 117. Summary of the, i. 118. In what respects superior to that of the states, i. 161. Attributable to the wisdom of the federal legislators, i. 162. Less dependant on the people, than the several states, i. 163. Judicial power less subjected to the inclinations of the majority, i. 163. The consequences of this, i. 165. Characteristics which distinguish it from all others, i. 166. Not a federal but an imperfect national government, i. 168. Advantage of the system, i. 169. Its aim to unite the twofold advantages resulting from a large and small territory, i. 173. Its laws adapted to the exigencies of the people, i. 174. Its defects, its complexity, demanding the constant exercise of discretion on the part of citizens, i. 176. Why not adapted to all peoples, and how the Anglo Americans were enabled to adopt it, i. 175. The relative weakness of, i. 180. Its right of calling forth the militia, &c., i. 182. The war of 1812, remarks on, &c., i. 182.
Federal government, the, division of authority of, with that of the states, i. 120, Its prerogatives in peace and in war compared with that of France, i. 120. Legislative powers of, i. 121. Formation of the two branches of, i. 121.
Federal courts, their importance in the United States, i. 145. Their necessity, i. 146. Means of determining the jurisdiction of, i. 148. Method of procedure of, i. 156. Natural weakness of the judiciary power in confederations, i. 157. The duty of legislators to arraign private individuals and not states, i. 157. How the Americans have succeeded in this, i. 158. Instances of the direct prosecution of private individuals, i. 158. Decrees of the supreme court, enervating, but not destructive of the provincial laws, i. 158.
Female education, attention paid to it in the United Stales, ii. 209. Its independence in protestant and catholic countries compared, ii. 209.
Female morality, opinions of philosophers on, ii. 217.
Feudal ages, the characteristics of, ii. 175. Contrasted with the present, ii. 207.
Fine arts, the extent of their cultivation in the United Slates, ii. 53.
First settlers, their free institutions and customs, ii. 317.
Force of public opinion in the United States, ii. 277.
Forms, great need of, in a democratic community, ii. 347.
Fortunes, their precarious character in the United States, ii. 213.
France, the political debates of, their extensive influence, ii. 98.
France, its progress in equality and
