Excerpt from Reform or Revolution? To explain the chief defects of the government of the United States and to propose the best remedy for them, - these are the two main purposes of this book. Our political evils have long been known to public opinion at home and abroad and most of them have often been mentioned in print, but they have never been explained in a connected and comprehensive manner so as to give a true idea of their magnitude and dangerous character; and because they have not been understood, they have been treated by American authors, journalists and officials generally, as relatively unimportant, and not inconsistent with the baseless claim that our national constitution is the best in the world in securing the welfare of the multitude. I here present the compilation and explanation which others have neglected to make. By quotations from a multitude of high and undisputed authorities, I prove that our government is a disgrace to us a people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.