There has been no adulteration of the ingredients of the dishes composing the banquet. I may, however, casually remark that some curious discrepancies are occasionally met with in the figures in appropriation Acts, for which the publishers and myself do not wish to be held responsible should any appear in the following pages. I abstain from expressing my own personal opinions, and, except to a very limited extent in the Introductory Chapter, do not refer to my individual experiences. DUGALD J. BANNATYNE. ALDRICH COURT, 41-45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, August 1887. CONTENT S. PAGE 1 1 4 6 8 8 8 8 9 Description of the United States flag and seal Table of the states and territories, their respective land and water areas, &c. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. What the work is based on, &c. The power of the United States as a nation, &c. . The Declaration of Independence still operative "Inalienable rights" Their necessary qualification Constitution of the United States Preponderating influence of smaller states in the United States Senate Table showing qualifications required for suffrage in the several states, &c. Ratio of representation in the House of Representatives to population Duration of Congress, &c. Recent legislation by Congress, not included in the body of this work- Extension of free delivery of mails in cities Act as to performance of duties of the President in case of the removal, death, &c., of the President and Vice-President. Act preventing aliens, corpora tions, &c., acquiring large tracts of lands in the territories 22233 The Declaration of Independence was embodied in the first state constitutions 12 Continued irritation towards the mother country 12 Little unwritten law in the United States, or states 13 13 Murders and homicides-legal executions-lynchings 13 Statistics of youthful crimes and criminals 13 14 The defective, dependent, and delinquent classes 14 Table showing the population and 15 Table showing the places of nativity of foreign-born inhabitants. Relative ratios of increase of white and coloured population 17 18 Danger to the Republic 18 Table showing the occupations of the people Number of immigrants 1880 to 30th June 1886-their origin, &c. Statistics of illiteracy census of 1880 Table showing the number, aged ten and over, unable to "read" and to "write"-native and foreign -school population and scholars, &c. Table of universities and colleges, 20 20 |