CHAPTER XVIII.
Origin of the Constitution—The Executive—Congress—Local Legislatures— The army and navy—Justice—Slavery—Political corruption—The foreign element—Absence of principle—Associations—The Know-nothings—The press and its power—Religion—The church—The clergy.
CHAPTER XIX.
General remarks continued—The common schools—Their defect—Difficulties
—Management of the schools—The free academy—Hallways—Telegraphs—
Poverty—Literature—Advantages for emigrants—Difficulties of emigrants—
Peace or war—Concluding observations.
CHAPTER XX.
The America—A gloomy departure—An ugly night—Morning at Halifax—Our new passengers—Babies—Captain Leitch—A day at sea—Clippers and steamers—A storm—An Atlantic moonlight—Unpleasant sensations—A gale— Inkermann—Conclusion.
THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN AMERICA. [Footnote: It is necessary to state that this volume is not by the Authoress of the 'Englishwoman in Russia.']
CHAPTER I.
Prefatory and explanatory—The voyage out—The sentimental—The actual—
The oblivious—The medley—Practical joking—An unwelcome companion—
American patriotism—The first view—The departure.
As a general dislike of prefaces is unmistakeably evidenced by their uncut leaves, and as unknown readers could scarcely be induced to read a book by the most cogent representations of an unknown author, and as apologies for "rushing into print" are too trite and insincere to have any effect, I will merely prefix a few explanatory remarks to my first chapter.