No European noble is more exclusive in his pleasures, or more jealous of the smallest advantages which his privileged station confers upon him.

But the very same individual crosses the city to reach a dark counting-house in the centre of traffic, where every one may accost him who pleases.

If he meets his cobbler upon the way, they stop and converse; the two citizens discuss the affairs of the State in which they have an equal interest, and they shake hands before they part.
But beneath this artificial enthusiasm, and these obsequious attentions to the preponderating power, it is easy to perceive that the wealthy members of the community entertain a hearty distaste to the democratic institutions of their country.

The populace is at once the object of their scorn and of their fears.

If the maladministration of the democracy ever brings about a revolutionary crisis, and if monarchical institutions ever become practicable in the United States, the truth of what I advance will become obvious.
The two chief weapons which parties use in order to ensure success are the public press and the formation of associations..