Aberdeen. Lord, and civil service reform, 2[85].

Accounts, British public, how audited, [144], how kept, 1[45]; French public, how kept, [145]; federal, how audited, [175-179]; how kept formerly, [179].

Adams, John, on the constitutional balances, [12], [13]; influence of, as President, [41]; claim of originality for the Constitution, [55], [249].

Adams, Samuel, [209].

"Address" of early Presidents to Senate, [239].

Administration, talents for, not encouraged in U. S., [199], [200]; questions of, now predominant, [203]; divorced from legislation in U. S., [251-253]; training necessary for, [255], [256]; contrasted with legislation, [273], [274]; not less important than legislation, [297]; must be debated, [302]; tendency towards widening sphere of national, [316], [317].

Alabama claims, in Senate, [51].

Alien and Sedition Laws, [21].

Amendment, difficulty of constitutional, [242], [243]; extra-constitutional, [243].

"American system" of protective tariffs, [167].