Analogy between certain Political and Voltaic Phenomena.--France and England.--In what we should imitate the English.--Railroads.--Objects of a Journey in England.--The Feudal Castle of Heidelberg and the London Brewery 19
Impressions of the Railroad.--Railroads in France.--Steam Carriages will not interfere with Railroads.--Analogy between the present Condition of France and the State of England after the Expulsion of the Stuarts.--Religion in Liverpool 29
III. WAR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UPON THE BANK.
State of the Question.--History of Banks in the United States.--Creation of the Bank of the United States in 1816; it restored order in the finances of the country.--Causes of the Antipathy of the Body of the People against Banks.--Benefits which all Classes have derived from Banks.--Commercial Crisis 37
Democratic Movements in France.--Less Influence than in the United States.--Errors of the Local Banks.--Their Dividends.--Wisdom of the Bank of the United States.--Political Dangers of the great National Bank.--Services rendered by it.--The President's Accusations against the Bank.--The Multitude applauds 46
Industrial Crisis.--Backstairs Influence in Monarchies and Republics.--Party Demonstrations.--Imperfection of the Banking System.--Excess of Paper Money.--Modification of the Bank Charter.--Good Sense of the American Democracy.--How great Questions are settled in the United States 55
VI. PROGRESS OF THE STRUGGLE.--NEW POWERS.
Length of the Debates in Congress.--The Bank must withdraw.--Old Dignities and old Politics.--New Dignities and new Politics.--New Power of Industry 69
Rage of the Americans for Railroads.--Universal Use of Railroads.--Glance at Railroads in the United States 80
VIII. THE BANKS.--PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
Truce between the Parties.--Possibility of a Compromise.--The Democracy must prevail.--The Bond of Union grows weaker.--Probability of the Preservation of the Union.--Changes which it may undergo.--The three Sections, North, South, and West 87
Pretensions of every Nation to Superiority.--Pretensions of the Americans.--The Superiority passes from People to People.--New Peoples.--Russia and the United States.--English Opinions of the United States.--The Social System in the United States superior in respect to the Condition of the Labouring Classes 100