The British Versus the American System of National Government
The British Versus the American System of National Government
A H F Augustus Henry Fraser Lefroy
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45. B Hosted by Google 18 The British versus The American displeasure.* Thus, as under our system, we find Parliament, or rather the popular House, concentrat- ing in itself all real powers, so under the American system Congress apparently endeavours to do the the same, but with the great disadvantage, not ex isting under the British system, of having the exe- cutive ministers separate from it, and holding office by an independent tenure. Now, it must not be supposed that the Americans delibera...tely adopted their present system in pre- ference to the existing British system. The prin- ciple of Cabinet Government, says Mr. Hearn, in his work on the Governmei-t of England, seems to have been altogether unknown in America at the time of the Revolution. Neither in the writings of Hamilton or of Jefierson, nor in the debates upon the organization of their new Government, can we discover any indication that the statesmen who framed the Constitution of the United States had the least acquaintance with that form of Parliamen- tary Government which now prevails in England.i* The fact is that the system had not fully developed itself at that time even in England itself, and */6., p.
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