Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Federal Government
One of the most striking political tendencies of the last century has been the development of federal government both in Europe and America. Within a hundred years the Swiss confederation has grown compact and strong, the German confederation has been remodelled, and tendencies toward an Imperial federal system are seen in England. On this side of the Atlantic, the Spanish American States have formed several confederations, of which two - Mexico and the Argentine Republic - seem durable; and the British continental possessions have been amalgamated into an union. Above all, the United States of America has borne the strain of growth of territory and population, and is to-day the strongest and most firmly established of all federal governments that have ever existed.
To the student of American history and politics the study of federal government is therefore a study of the principles underlying his own institutions. The older forms of federation, previous to 1789, are instructive, because of the influence which they had upon the formation of the Constitution of the United States: in turn, the workings of that Constitution have affected the formation of later federal governments; and the comparison of the most successful existing systems with the United States furnish many points of helpful criticism.
This monograph is intended in two ways to aid to a knowledge of federal government. The first or historical portion is an outline of the political history of the successive federations, with some account of the literature upon each.
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