Excerpt from Eloquence of the United States, Vol. 4 of 5 In the compass of thirty-six years since this great national covenant was instituted, a body of laws, en acted under its authority, and in conformity with its provisions, has unfolded its powers, and carried into practical operation its effective energies. Subordi nate departments have distributed the executive func tions in their various relations to foreign affairs, to the revenue and expenditures, and to the military force of the union, by land and sea. A co-ordinate depart ment of the judiciary has expounded the constitution and the laws; settling, in harmonious coincidence with the legislative will, numerous weighty questions of construction, which the imperfection of human language had rendered unavoidable. The year of jubilee, since the first formation Of our union, has just elapsed; that of the declaration of our independence, is at hand. The consummation of both was effected by this constitution. 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.