Excerpt from The World as It Is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations, as to Their Forms of Government, Military and Naval Strength, Revenues, Banking Institutions, Prison Discipline, Commerce, Religion, Morals, Education, &C. &C To an American, the condition of his own country, and the various steps by which it has progressed to its present state, are eeply interesting. Aside from the consideration, that the affairs of one's own country are of more consequence to him than those of other ...
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Excerpt from The World as It Is: Containing a View of the Present Condition of Its Principal Nations, as to Their Forms of Government, Military and Naval Strength, Revenues, Banking Institutions, Prison Discipline, Commerce, Religion, Morals, Education, &C. &C To an American, the condition of his own country, and the various steps by which it has progressed to its present state, are eeply interesting. Aside from the consideration, that the affairs of one's own country are of more consequence to him than those of other nations, the events which have taken place on this continent within the last sixty years are of immense interest to the world at large, and have an important bearing on its future destinies. For these reasons, the United States, both collective ly and severally, occupy considerable portions of the volume. It has been one object of the writer to point out the opposition which the, Federal constitution met with in its incipient stages; the resistance which has, on several occasions, been made to authorities assuming to act in accordance with its provisions, and the various constructions which have been put upon the instrument, by the several departments of its administrators. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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