By the same Author, NOTES ON PUBLIC SUBJECTS, MADE DURING A TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN Canada. 1852. 108. 6d.

THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE ANCIENTS, IN ITS BEARING UPON MODERN TIMES. 1852. 28. 6d,

“A valuable little book on the philosophy of Govern

THE

CONSTITUTION

THE UNITED STATES

COMPARED WITH OUR OWN.

BY

HUGH SEYMOUR TREMENHEERE.

... "juxta sequitur jactantior Ancus,
Nunc quoque jam nimium gaudens popularibus auris."

VIRGIL.

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JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1854.
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CHAPTER I.

DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE DIFFE-

RENT COLONIES WHILE THEY REMAINED UNDER BRITISH

RULE . . . . . . . . . .

. CHAPTER VI.

NECESSITY OF SEPARATING THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,

AND JUDICIAL POWERS. . . . . . .08