Civil Government in the United States Considered with some Reference to its Origins

1890

TAXATION AND GOVERNMENT	1

At the time of the Revolution there were three forms of	3

Virginia has been prolific in great leaders	11

Difference between taxation and robbery	12

Smallness of the farms	18

The New England Township	19

Calling the townmeeting	25

Educational value of the townmeeting	34

In our system the independence of the executive is of vital	175

Constitution of the state courts	178

The state executive	181

CHAPTER VII	187

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 192	193

Circumstances favourable to the union of the colonies	201

It could not impose taxes and therefore was not fully	207

The three fifths compromise	213

21	46

CHAPTER III	48

The most ancient and simple form of government	58

The county court was virtually a close corporation	62

CHAPTER IV	71

Tendency of the school district to develop into something	88

The Representative TownshipCounty System in the West	89

Womansuffrage in the school district	95

The guilds the town guild and Guild Hall	106

The very tradition of good government was lacking in these	114

The governors council was a kind of upper house	117

Josiah Quincys account of the Boston townmeeting	119

Provisions for ratification	128

Evils wrought by wealthy speculators testimony of	134

Some consequences of this rapid growth	136

Origin of English Boroughs and Cities	139

CHAPTER VI	140

And the conflict between the British and American theories	142

The Colonial Governments	149

Local institutions in colonial Maryland the hundred	158

Claims of Spain to the possession of North America	159

The Transition from Colonial to State Governments	161

The State Governments	167

In building the state the local selfgovernment was left	172

Time of assembling	219

1 Adviser of legislature 2	222

The electoral college 225	225

Original purpose of the electoral college not fulfilled	229

The presidents message	235

The Nation and the States	243

The Federal Judiciary	250

Concessions to slavery	255

Origin of American political parties strict and loose con	261

There is nothing especially American democratic or meri	262

Alarming increase of city debts and various attempts	263

Importance of the veto power as a safeguard against cor	269

Townmeetings in ancient Greece and Rome	271

APPENDIX	279

B The Constitution of the United States	287

Magna Charta	308

Part of the Bill of Rights 1689	325

F The States classified according to origin	335

J The New York Corrupt Practices Act of 1890	342

Company of Massachusetts	353

Origin of the chesters and casters in Roman camps	354

Transition from the English parish to the New England	356

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Title	Civil Government in the United States Considered with some Reference to its Origins
Author	John Fiske
Published	1890

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