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| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Political Jurisdiction in the United States | 109 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The federal Constitution | 115 |
| History of the federal Constitution | 115 |
| Summary of the federal Constitution | 117 |
| Prerogative of the federal Government | 119 |
| Federal Powers | 121 |
| Legislative Powers | 121 |
| A farther Difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives | 124 |
| The executive Power | 124 |
| Differences between the Position of the President of the United States and that of a constitutional King of France | 126 |
| Accidental Causes which may increase the Influence of the executive Government | 130 |
| Why the President of the United States does not require the Majority of the two Houses in Order to carry on the Government | 131 |
| Election of the President | 132 |
| Mode of Election | 137 |
| Crisis of the Election | 140 |
| Re-election of the President | 141 |
| Federal Courts | 145 |
| Means of determining the Jurisdiction of the federal Courts | 148 |
| Different Cases of Jurisdiction | 150 |
| Procedure of the federal Courts | 156 |
| High Rank of the supreme Courts among the great Powers of the State | 159 |
| In what Respects the federal Constitution is superior to that of the States | 161 |
| Characteristics which distinguish the federal Constitution of the United States of America from all other federal Constitutions | 166 |
| Advantages of the federal System in General, and its special Utility in America | 169 |
| Why the federal System is not adapted to all Peoples, and how the Anglo-Americans were enabled to adopt it | 177 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Why the People may strictly be said to govern in the United States | 184 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Parties in the United States | 186 |
| Remains of the aristocratic Party in the United States | 191 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Liberty of the Press in the United States | 194 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Political Associations in the United States | 204 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Government of the Democracy in America | 213 |
| Universal Suffrage | 213 |
| Choice of the People, and instinctive Preferences of the American Democracy | 214 |
| Causes which may partly correct the Tendencies of the Democracy | 217 |
| Influence which the American Democracy has exercised on the Laws relating to Elections | 221 |
| Public Officers under the control of the Democracy in America | 229 |
