The French Government contracts certain obligations which do not exist in America, and vice versa.

The French Government pays the clergy; in America the voluntary principle prevails.

In America there is a legal provision for the poor; in France they are abandoned to the charity of the public.

The French public officers are paid by a fixed salary; in America they are allowed certain perquisites.

In France contributions in kind take place on very few roads; in America upon almost all the thoroughfares: in the former country the roads are free to all travellers; in the latter turnpikes abound.