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Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) — John Shaqi

Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820)Faux, W. (William)

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Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820)

Name: Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820)
Author: Faux, W. (William)

Faux, W. (William)

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III. The king has the sole             The president can do neither,
  power of making war and peace,         without the consent of
  and of forming treaties with foreign   Congress.
  powers.

  IV. The king alone can levy            The president has no such
  troops, build fortresses, and equip    power: this is vested in
  fleets.                                Congress.

  V. He is the source of all judicial    The executive has only the
  power, and the head of all             appointment of judges, with
  the tribunals of the nation.           the consent of the senate,
                                         and is not connected with
                                         the judiciary.

  VI. He is the fountain of all          The president has no such
  honour, office, and privilege; can     power. There are no titles, and
  create peers, and distribute titles    he can only appoint to office,
  and dignities.                         by and with the consent of the
                                         senate.

  VII. He is at the head of the          There is no established church.
  national church, and has supreme
  control over it.

  VIII. He is the superintendent         The president has no such
  of commerce; regulates the             power.
  weights and measures, and can
  alone coin money and give currency
  to foreign coin.

  IX. He is the universal proprietor     The president has nothing to
  of the kingdom.                        do with the property of the
                                         United States {350}.

  X. The king's person is sacred         The president is nothing more
  and inviolate; he is accountable       than an individual, is amenable
  to no human power, and can do          like all civil officers, and
  no wrong.                              considered as capable of doing
                                         wrong as any other citizen.

  XI. The British legislature            There are no nobles, and both
  contains a house of lords, 300         houses of Congress are elected.
  nobles, whose seats, honours,
  and privileges are hereditary.

It may, perhaps, be unnecessary to adduce more points of difference to
illustrate the nature of the American government. These are amply
sufficient to demonstrate the entire democratic tendency of the
constitution of the United States, and the error under which those
persons labour, who believe that but few differences, and those
immaterial and unimportant, exist between these two governments. They
have, indeed, in common the Habeas Corpus and the Trial by Jury, the
great bulwarks of civil liberty, but in almost every other particular
they disagree.

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Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820)

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