And Here I Must Beg My Readers Again To Bear In Mind How Moderate Is
The Amount Of Governing Which
Has fallen to the lot of the
government of the United States; how moderate, as compared with the
amount which
Has to be done by the Queen's officers of state for
Great Britain, or by the Emperor, with such assistance as he may
please to accept from his officers of state, for France. That this
is so must be attributed to more than one cause; but the chief cause
is undoubtedly to be found in the very nature of a federal
government. The States are individually sovereign, and govern
themselves as to all internal matters. All the judges in England
are appointed by the Crown; but in the United States only a small
proportion of the judges are nominated by the President. The
greater number are servants of the different States. The execution
of the ordinary laws for the protection of men and property does not
fall on the government of the United States, but on the executives
of the individual States - unless in some special matters, which will
be defined in the next chapter. Trade, education, roads, religion,
the passing of new measures for the internal or domestic comfort of
the people, - all these things are more or less matters of care to
our government. In the States they are matters of care to the
governments of each individual State, but are not so to the central
government at Washington.
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