America and Her Resources

ibid—the Hartford Convention, 202—General Hamilton's
plan of the United States Constitution, 203-paper constitu:
tions, necessity of a vigorous administration of the Federal
Government, 207-Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, 208-effects of the Washington administra-
tion on the United States, 209duty pf a wise government to
exclude foreigners from all political privileges, 210---necessity
of preserving and strengthening the federal Union, 211-evils

of its disruption, 213-all new governments weak; instanced

in Britain and the United States, 215-general government of

the United States too weak in itself, 217-its probable career,

218-chief characteristics of American institutions, 220-popu-

lation of the United States better, their government weaker,

than those of Europe, 221--chief defects in all

governments,

ancient and modern, 222--peculiar adaptation of the United

States governments to its people, 225-Mr. Jay's parallel

between European and American Governments, 226-general

course of all free government, 228–superior physical, intel-

lectual, and moral qualities of the American people, 229–

increased power of the people, all over the world, 230-

Emperor Alexander, 231-M. Talleyrand, 232-relative

importance of the United States, eastern and western sections,

233-probable consequences of western predominance, 234–

general conviction, in the United States, of superiority of

American to the British people, 235-the great question at issue

between American and European governments, 236—Resour-

ces of the United States relatively greater than those of Bri-

tain, 237-the revolutionary question supported by the United

States and Continential Europe against England, 241,--its

probable result, 242-danger of British Colonies, particularly

Canada; its maladministration, 943-Cuba once offered to

Mr. Jefferson, 245-Spanish American Colonies must fall to

the United States, whom Britain cannot conciliate, 246_

Vienna Treaty, 247– Holy League, ibid- United States more

formidable to Britain than Russia, 248-Mr. Jackson's (the

British Ambassador to the United States,) opinion of the

American people, 249-their capacity and character, in peace

and war, 250-political parties in the United States, 251–

their views and objects, ibidmhome policy of the United States,

252-their skilful diplomacy, ibid-its importance, 253-skilful

diplomacy of France and Russia contrasted with the diplo-

matic blunders of England, 254-origin and progress of the

armed neutrality, from 1754 to 1815, 259-causes of England's

unskilful diplomacy, 265-her intrinsic home power, 267–Mr.

Jefferson's prophecy concerning her, in 1782, 269–LAWS of

the United States and the world generally, 270-their study

most important, 271-necessity of Lectures on, in the United

States, 273-effect of the study of law on the human under-

standing, 275–Mr. Burke, 276–Mr. Canning, 277-author

of Pursuits of Literature, 278-Lord Thurlow, Lord Kenyon,

Lord Bacon, 279-superiority of the common to the civil law,

283—its prevalence in the United States, 284-outline of legal

study, 285-some defects in the juridical system of America,

286-no remedy against the United States or a separate State,

ibidbad insolvent laws, 287– lower law-officers badly

appointed, ibid-usury, ibid-poor laws, 288-New-York

Sunday School Union, ibid--defects of New-York Constitution,

292-necessity of amending New York Constitution, ibid-its

Court of Errors, &c. 293--no Bar in a free country can be

overstocked, 294—lawyers govern the United States, ibid-the

American Bar averages a greater amount of talent than the

British, 295-characteristics of American and British elo-

quence; of ancient and modern speaking, 297-of American

and British law-reporters, 302–English crown-lawyers and

New-York lawyers, 303.

CHAPTER VI.

ON THE LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES.

66 The United States and England,” 304—Mr. Southey ;

Editors of the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews, 305–United

States under-rated in Europe, 306–– Franklin's refutation of

the French theory, 307-causes of the United States literature

being defective, 308-no want of American genius, 309-gene-

ral course of readers and writers in the United States, 310–

too early practical life in the United States, 313–periodical

publications, 314-perpetual change, 315--necessity of an

original Review in the United States, 316-elementary educa-

tion in the United States; in Britain, 319-saying of George

the Third, ibid-Greeks and Trojans in the United States,

importance of universal education, ibid-liberal education

defective in the United States, 321-grammar-schco's, 322

grammar decried in the United States, 323—its defence,

324-colleges in the United States, 327-want of Lectures in

the United States, 328-education injured by clerical mono-

poly, S29-elocution in the United States vitious and nasal,

331-pronunciation of English, Greek, and Latin tongues,

336-formal dulness a bad qualification for a professor, 339—

importance of enthusiasm in a teacher, 340_outline of Lec-

tures on Belles Lettres and Rhetoric, and on Moral Philosophy,

341-gradational studies, metaphysics, mathematics, physics,

classics, 343-outline of liberal education in England, 345–

in Scotland, 347—importance of composition in prose and

verse, 349--neglect of general literature in United States pro.

fessions, 350~its importance to all professional men, 351. -pro-

sody universally murdered in the United States, 352---United

States writers, 353-history, 354-novels, ibid-poetry, 355-

Marshal's Washington, 356-periodicat works, 357-M’Fin-

gal; 358—Mr. Wirt; Fisher Amesė, 359-Colden's Fulton,

$60-Mr. Walsh, 361-medical science in the United States,

363—Fine Arts, 364-remedies proposed for literary deficien.

cies of the United States, 365-learned societies in the United

States, 367-Governor Clinton, 368-importance of a National

University in the United States, 369-female education in the

United States, 371-Mr. Griscom, ibid-Miss H. More, 372.

CHAPTER VII.

THE HABITS, MANNERS, AND CHARACTER OF THE

UNITED STATES.

General ignorance of foreigners, particularly the British,

respecting the character of the United States, 374-causes of

that ignorance, 375–M. Talleyrand's notions of the American

character, ibid-national gratitude, what, 376-basis of the

United States character, 377-identity of language, 378–

United States national loyalty, 380-M. Talleyrand mistaken

as to the American character, 381-course of colonial settle.

ments, 184-United States; how settled and peopled, 385–

foreign envigrations to the United States; Irish colony; French

establishment, 387-slaves, their number and effect in the

United States, 388-religion the basis of all national charac-

ter, and gauge of all national prosperity, 392—serious chasms

of religious ordinances in the United States, 394-infidelity

in the United States, ibid-Virginia; Louisiana, 395--neces-

sity of religion to human communities, 396-experiment of

national infidelity made m Europe, 397-the three eras of pa-

ganism, superstition, and infidelity in the history of the world,

and their gradational effects upon mankind, 398-infidelity

allied with the revolutionary question, exemplified in France

and England, 403_United States calmness in religion, 405–

Dr. Priestly, 407—no national church in the United States;

of whose population one-third witi ut any religious ordinances,

408_evils of exclusive State religion, 409–of tithes, 410

-spirit of the Age; Archbishop Laud; Lord Clarendon,

411-prevailing sects in the United States; their churche

government, 412-American clergy, 413-collegiate chuches,

414-religion and hypocrisy are substance and shadow, 414

Sunday-Schools, Missionary and Bible Societies in the United

States, 4 15.--study of S. S. 416---Owen's History of the Bria

tish and Foreign Bible Society, 417---Morals and manners of

the United States, 419---New-England, 420---Middle States,

422---Southern States, 423.-American women, ibid---skive

population deteriorates morals, 424---caged slave in Virginia,

425-Western States, 426---Americans locomotive and mi.

gratory, 427-.-western settlers, 428---general manners of the

United States, 430-a-physical activity and strength of Ameri-

can population, 433---their intellectual shrewdness, 434--and
political elevation, ibid---superior, in mass, to all other peo-
ple, 435---United States navy, ibid---drawbacks on United
States morals ; lotteries; state-prisons; insolvent laws, 436---

poor-laws, 437-immoderate drinking, ibid-United States

people charitable; munificence of Boston, 438--pauperism and

profligacy of New York, 439 manners of the United States ;

M. Volney’s notion, 443--the real state of the fact, 444-gene--

ral aspect of American society, 445-travelling in the United

States, 446-gradational cleanliness in the western, southern,

middle, and eastern divisions, 448-universal use of tobacco,

in smoking and chewing, in the United States, 450— United

States amusements, ibid-marriages, 451-efficient population

of the United States, 453–universal trading spirit in the

United States, 455-how profited by British capital in credit

and insolvencies, ibid-extravagance general in the United

States, 456-Descartes and Dutch Stadtholder, 457-no

family wealth, 458--nor social subordination in children, scho-

lars, servants, 459—national vanity of the United States, 460

-means of rendering the United States the greatest nation in

the world, 461.

CONCLUSION.

PRESENT STATE OF EUROPE.

Necessity of vigorous administration of our Federal Govern-

ment, 462-state of France, ibid-clergy; nobility, 463–repre-

sentation and revolution, 464-balance of power deranged,

ibid-Prussia, ibid-Austria, 465–Spain; her capacity and

condition, 466„her general ignorance, 467-governed by fo-

reigners, 468-her constitution of 1812, 469-return of Ferdi-

nand, ibid-intrinsic power of France, 470-her contra-indica-

tions, 471-preponderance of Russia, 474-her steady ambi.

tion, 475--her portentous progress, 476--Sir Robert Wilson,

477-radical difference between American and European

governments, ibid-defects of all free governments, 473-in-
trinsic power of England, 479-shattered by the French revo-
lution, ibid-British Constitution, 480- United States Consti
tution, 482-European governments either military or com-
mercial, 483-defects of English administration; home, fo-
reign, and colonial, 484- her employment of national talent,

48—her growth during the last three centuries, 487- duration

of national power and talent, 488-Chatham; Pitt; Castle-

reagh; Canning, 491–her present condition, 492-death of

her lineal princess, 494--necessity of the United States to aug.

ment their national strength, and general government, 495

« Previous Continue »

Books

America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial ...