and Obligations;
the Rights of Embassadors, Ministers, &c.

Chapter LXV.

Offensive and Defensive War; just Causes of War; Reprisals;
Alliances in War

Chapter LXVI.

Declaration of War; its Effect upon the Person and Property of the
Enemy's Subjects; Stratagems in War; Privateering

Chapter LXVII.

Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations; Contraband Goods; Blockade;
Right of Search; Safe Conducts and Passports; Truces; Treaties of
Peace

Synopsis of the State Constitutions.

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
California
Minnesota

Constitution of the United States

Government Class Book.

Principles of Government.

Chapter I.

Mankind fitted for Society, and for Civil Government and Laws.

Sec.1. Mankind are social beings. They are by nature fitted for society. By
this we mean that they are naturally disposed to associate with each
other. Indeed, such is their nature, that they could not be happy
without such association. Hence we conclude that the Creator has
designed men for society. It can not, therefore, be true, as some say,
that the savage state is the natural state of man.

Sec.2. Man is so formed that he is dependent upon his fellow men. He has
not the natural strength of other animals. He needs the assistance of
creatures like himself to protect and preserve his own being. We can
hardly imagine how a person could procure the necessaries of life
without such assistance. But men have the gifts of reason and speech. By
conversation they are enabled to improve their reason and increase their
knowledge, and to find methods of supplying their wants, and of
improving their social condition.

Sec.3. But, although men need the assistance of each other, they are so
formed that each must have the care of himself. If every man were fed
and clothed from a common store, provided by the labor of all, many,
depending upon the labor of others, would be less industrious than they
now are. By the present arrangement in society, which obliges every man
to provide for his own wants, more is earned, a greater number are cared
for, and the general welfare is better pr