I was struck by the small number of political trials which occur in the United States, but I had no difficulty in accounting for this circumstance.

A lawsuit, of whatever nature it may be, is always a difficult and expensive undertaking.

It is easy to attack a public man in a journal, but the motives which can warrant an action at law must be serious.

A solid ground of complaint must therefore exist to induce an individual to prosecute a public officer, and public officers are careful not to furnish these grounds of complaint when they are afraid of being prosecuted.
This does not depend upon the republican form of American institutions, for the same facts present themselves in England.

These two nations do not regard the impeachment of the principal officers of State as a sufficient guarantee of their independence.