THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH

THE

AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH

BY

JAMES BRYCE,

AUTHOR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

M.P. FOR ABERDEEN

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1888

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To my Friends and Colleagues

ALBERT VENN DICEY

THOMAS ERSKINE HOLLAND