THE

MERICAN COMMONWEALTH

BY

JAMES BRYCE,

AUTHOR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE'

M.P. FOR ABERDEEN

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. II

THE STATE GOVERNMENTS—THE PARTY SYSTEM

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1888

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