s "legacy" to the American people 54
The next five years were the most critical years in American
history 55
Absence of a sentiment of union, and consequent danger of
anarchy 56, 57
European statesmen, whether hostile or friendly, had little
faith in the stability of the Union 58
False historic analogies 59
Influence of railroad and telegraph upon the perpetuity of
the Union 60
Difficulty of travelling a hundred years ago 61
Local jealousies and antipathies, an inheritance from primeval
savagery 62, 63
Conservative character of the American Revolution 64
State governments remodelled; assemblies continued from
colonial times 65
Origin of the senates in the governor's council of assistants 66
Governors viewed with suspicion 67
Analogies with British institutions 68
The judiciary 69
Restrictions upon suffrage 70
Abolition of primogeniture, entails, and manorial privileges 71
Steps toward the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade 72-75
Progress toward religious freedom 76, 77
Church and state in Virginia 78, 79
Persecution of dissenters 80
Madison and the Religions Freedom Act 81
Temporary overthrow of the church 82
Difficulties in regard to ordination; the case of Mason Weems 83
Ordination of Samuel Seabury by non-jurors at Aberdeen 84
Francis Asbury and the Methodists 85
Presbyterians and Congregationalists 86
Roman Catholics 87
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