Excerpt from The Constitutional History and Government of the United States
In this edition some of the chapters have been rewritten and the others have been carefully revised. The conditions and circumstances which favored the institution of self-government in the colonies have received more attention. Care has been taken, however, to limit the narrative portions of the work to the collocation of such facts as serve to show the course of our constitutional system in its beginnings, growth, and development Many notes have been added, a considerable number of them illustrative of the objections and spirit of opposition which the practical development of the system has encountered. The labors of the Supreme Court in giving a sensible and practicable construction to the Constitution are constant, and some account of the most important since the earlier edition has been added. Recent important events at home and abroad involving or promising to involve the scope of constitutional powers have received attention.
It seems clear to the author, and he has tried to make it so to the reader, that our constitutional system has been brought about and developed in a very natural and sensible way. He has not attempted to exhaust the subject, but to make it easier for the general reader to become familiar with it.
The publishers state that the original work seems to be gaining in public favor. The author will be gratified if the revised edition shall continue to enjoy it.
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