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| Arbitrary Power of Magistrates under the rule of the American Democracy | 225 |
| Instability of the Administration in the United States | 228 |
| Charges levied by the State under the rule of the American Democracy | 230 |
| Tendencies of the American Democracy as regards the Salaries of public Officers | 234 |
| Difficulty of distinguishing the Causes which contribute to the Economy of the American Government | 237 |
| Whether the Expenditure of the United States can be compared to that of France | 238 |
| Corruption and vices of the Rulers in a Democracy, and consequent Effects upon public Morality | 243 |
| Efforts of which a Democracy is capable | 245 |
| Self-control of the American Democracy | 249 |
| Conduct of foreign Affairs, by the American Democracy | 251 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| What the real Advantages are which American Society derives from the Government of the Democracy | 257 |
| General Tendency of the Laws under the Rule of the American Democracy, and Habits of those who apply them | 257 |
| Public Spirit in the United States | 262 |
| Notion of Rights in the United States | 265 |
| Respect for the Law in the United States | 268 |
| Activity which pervades all the Branches of the Body politic in the United States; Influence which it exercises upon Society | 270 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Unlimited Power of the Majority in the United States, and its Consequences | 275 |
| How the unlimited Power of the Majority increases in America, the Instability of Legislation inherent in Democracy | 278 |
| Tyranny of the Majority | 280 |
| Effects of the unlimited Power of the Majority upon the arbitrary Authority of the American public Officers | 283 |
| Power exercised by the Majority in America upon public Opinion | 284 |
| Effects of the Tyranny of the Majority upon the national Character of the Americans | 287 |
| The greatest Dangers of the American Republics proceed from the unlimited Power of the Majority | 292 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Causes which Mitigate the Tyranny of the Majority in the United States | 295 |
| Absence of central Administration | 295 |
| The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to Counterpoise the Democracy | 297 |
| Trial by Jury in the United States considered as a political Institution | 307 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Principal Causes which tend to maintain the democratic Republic in the United States | 315 |
| Accidental or providential Causes which contribute to the Maintenance of the democratic Republic in the United States | 316 |
| Influence of the Laws upon the Maintenance of the democratic Republic in the United States | 326 |
| Influence of Manners upon the Maintenance of the democratic Republic in the United States | 327 |
