Ver. 4. The navy? Number of vessels? Persons employed# Annual expense?

CHAP. LX.-Ver. 1. Describe the General Post-office. What assistance has the Postmaster-General? Ver. 2. How many post-offices in the United States? Income and expense of the General Post-office? Ver. 3. How are Postmasters appointed! Salary of the Postmaster-General ?

CHAP. LXI.-Ver. 1. What of the Attorney-General? CHAP. LXII.-Ver. 1. What of the Patent Office? Ver. 2 What are patent rights? Why are they granted? Ver. 3. What of models in the patent office? Ver. 4. What beside models are in the patent office? Ver. 5. Who has charge of the patent office ?

CHAP. LXIII.-Ver. 1. Of what consists the Judiciary of the United States? How are the judges appointed? Their tenure of office? Ver. 2. Who compose the supreme court? When does it sit? What of each of the judges? What of district courts? Ver. 3. What of circuit and district courts? Supreme court? Ver. 4. What cannot be brought before the U. S. court? What is jurisdiction? To what is the jurisdiction of the United States court confined? Ver. 5. What of a District Attorney? Ver. 6. What of a Marshal? Ver. 7. What is said of each district? Ver. 7. What is copy-right? What privileges does this confer? Ver. 8. Salaries of the judges? Ver. 9. What eminent men have held the office of Chief Justice of the United States?

CHAP. LXIV.-Ver. 2. What of each of the states? Rhode Island? Ver. 3. Of what two parts do some of the state consti tutions consist? Ver. 4. What do all the state constitutions pre scribe? Ver. 5. What provision is made in them all? Ver. 6. What officers are there in every state? What of the Governor? Ver. 7. How is the Governor elected? Ver. 8. What of State Legislatures? Ver. 9. Meeting of State Legislatures? Ver. 10. Judiciary of the several states? 11. Divisions of the states?

CHAP. LXV.-Ver. 1. What of punishments in barbarous ages? Ver. 2. In England? What is a capital offence? Ver. 3. Capital offences in England now? Ver. 4. Capital punishment in the United States? Ver. 5. Chief punishments now in flicted in the United States? Ver. 6. Imprisonment for debt?

CHAP. LXVI.-Ver. 1. What is the right of suffrage? The elective franchise? Of England, France, &c.? This country! Ver. 2. What are the qualifications of a voter in most of the states? What of the right of suffrage in former times and now? Ver. 3, 4, 5. What of Rhode Island? Ver. 6. What form of voting is preferred by the American people? Describe voting by

ballot. Why is voting by ballot preferred? Ver. 7. Why do not women vote? Why do not children vote?

CHAP. LXVII.-Ver. 1. What great principle lies at the foundation of our government? How is the decision of the people ascertained? Ver. 2. What of forming the constitution? Ver. 3. Choosing members of Congress, &c.? What is a candidate? Ver. 4. What is a plurality of votes? Is a person having a plurality ever declared elected? Why should the majority

rule?

CHAP. LXVIII.-Ver. 1. How do political parties arise? Ver. 2. Why is there usually a good deal of bitterness between parties? What has often happened in respect to parties? Ver. 3. What of Greece, Rome, &c.? The terms whig and tory? Ver. 4. Who were called whigs during the revolution? Who tories? Ver. 5. How did the name of federalist arise? Who were leaders of the federal party? Ver. 6. What class of persons were republicans? Who were of this party? What were the republicans afterwards called? Ver. 7. How long did these parties continue? How are the terms democrat and federalist lately applied? Ver. 8. Describe political conventions. Ver. 9. Benefit of these conventions. Ver. 10. What of candidates in the Southern and Western states? Ver. 11. What of a caucus?

CHAP. LXIX.-Ver. 1. What have we shown in respect to civil government? Ver. 2. Design of government? To what may good government be compared? Ver. 3. What should we do for our government? Sec. 1. Why should we pay taxes? How much is paid by each man, woman and child for the support of the national government? Expenses of state governments? Sec. 2. What of military duty? Of Quakers and others? Sec. 3. What other duties devolve upon citizens? Sec. 4. Why is the administration of government as important as its form? Why are the voters responsible for the manner in which government is carried on? What if a man vote for a bad ruler? Why should a man not stay away from the polls? For what is one who stays away from the polls answerable? How should a man govern his conduct in acting for his country? Should a freeman ever neglect to vote? Should he ever use his vote dishonestly? Should he ever use it merely for party purposes? Should he use it selfishly? For whom should a man cast his ballot for his country's good, or his own benefit or caprice?

Sec. 5. Why should the people support the laws? How should political discussions be conducted? What should be the first object of an inquirer? What should be the first question in respect to any statement? Is it ever right to deceive in politics Should we be as honest in politics as in anything else?

APPENDIX.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, &C.-When and by whom was this made? The teacher can here put such other questions as he may deem proper. It may be well to require him to tell the substance of each of the resolves contained in this Declaration of Rights; for these collectively contain the views and opinions of the people of this country, at the opening of the revolutionary war. It was for a violation of these rights, they threw off the British yoke.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.-When was this Declaration adopted? By whom? Why was this Declaration made? What truths are said to be self-evident? For what is government instituted ? When have the people a right to abolish a government? What is the dictate of prudence? What has cxperience shown? When is it the right and duty of a people to throw off a government? What is said to be the present necessity? What is it said the history of the king of Great Britain presents? What facts are stated? Here let the pupil be questioned separately upon the statement of facts.

What is said of petitions to the king? Of appeals to the people of England? To whom do the authors of the Declaration appeal? What declaration do they make? Upon whom do they say they place reliance?

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. The teacher will put such questions upon these as he deems proper. The pupil ought, at least, to read them carefully-and to bear in mind that they were one of the steps which led to the formation of our present constitution; and that in many respects, they resemble that admirable document.