G4 GOVERNMENT. 



Cameralist'ics (camera AV, a financier). — The science of 7?/iance 

 or pulilic revenue, coiuprchending the means of raising and 

 disposing of it. 



Can'didate. — One wlio aspires to some office or privilege, and 

 who oftl'rs himself for the same. 



Capita'tion-Tax. — A tax upon each head or person ; a poll- 

 tax. 



Ch.ar'ge-d' Affaires. — A person intrusted with the public in- 

 terest in a foreign nation, in the place of an ambassador 

 or other minister. 



Confedera'tion. — Alliance of princes, nations, or states for 

 some common object. 



Confiscation. — The act of condemning as forfeited, and ad- 

 judging to the public treasury, as the goods of a criminal 

 who has committed a public offence. 



Con'gress. — An assembly of envoys, commissioners, deputies, 

 etc., from different courts, who meet to concert measures 

 for their common good, or to adjust their common con- 

 cerns. 

 Congress op the United States of America is the 

 assembly of the senators and representatives of the several 

 states of the American Union, forming the legislature of 

 the United States, which consists of two houses, a senate 

 and a house of representatives. 



Conserv'atism. — Conservative principles, or the principles of 

 the conservative party. 



Constitu'tion. — A system of fundamental rules, principles, and 

 ordinances for the government of a state or nation. 



Coup d'etat'. — A stroke of policy. 



Credentials. — The letters of commendation and power given 

 by a government to an ambassador or envoy, which give 

 him credit at a foreign court. 



Del'egate. — In the United States, a person elected or appointed 

 to represent a state or a district, in Congress, or in a con- 

 vention for forming or altering a constitution. 



Democracy. — A form of government in which the supreme 

 power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or 

 in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. 



Si'et. — The principal national assembly in several countries of 

 modern Europe. 



Lin'archy. — A form of government in which the supreme 

 power is vested in two persons. 



