Federal and state govts., balance between, [13]; object of balance between, [14]; early conditions of balance between, [15]; Hamilton on balance between, [16], [17]; present inefficacy of balance between, [17]; balance between, destroyed by doctrine of "implied powers," [23]; balance between, dependent on federal judiciary, [24]; balance between, prejudiced by internal improvements, [28], and by federal power over commerce, [30], [31]; balance between, last pictured in "reconstruction," [32], [33].
Federalist, the, quoted, [16], [17].
Ferry, M. Jules, [248].
Fillmore, President, [259].
Finance, loose govt. practices concerning, [130], [131]; comparatively unembarrassed character of American, [135]; necessity for responsibility in direction of, [135]; shifting character of federal, [135], [136]; number of Committees controlling, in Congress, [136]; administration of, in England, [137-146]; administration of, in U. S., [146] et seq., [280]; Senate Committee on, [169]; confusion of public opinion in regard to action of Congress upon, [280].
Financial, officials, accessibility of English, in the Commons, [146], [147]; officials, separation of, from Congress in the U. S., [147]; officials, mere witnesses in U. S., [164]; officials, irresponsibility of, for estimates in U. S., [164]; system of U. S., contrasted with that of Eng., [180]; system of U. S., incoherency of, [180], [181]; policy of Congress, shifting character of, [181], [182]; legislation, prominent place of, in congressional business, [183]; questions, control of, by Committees in Senate, [212], n.; questions, confusion of public opinion regarding action of Congress upon, [280].
Fish, Secretary, and treaty with Denmark, [51].
Foreign relations, principal concern of federal govt. during first quarter century, [43]; hand of Senate in, [49] et seq., [232] et seq.; no real consultation between President and Senate concerning, [232]; Senate Committee on, [234].
France, public accounts, how kept in, [145]; Ministry, how chosen in, [244].
French Assembly, organization of, [123]; parties in, [124]; proceedings of, [125] et seq.; compared with House of Representatives and House of Commons, [127-129].