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Title: A bird's eye view of our federal government
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Chase, William Ingraham, 1852-1889. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, W. I. Chase
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Executive Mansion. Within the city of Washington, the chief point of interest isthe executive mansion,—the home of the president,—popularlyknown as the White House. For though it might be theoreti-cally maintained that congress, as the law-making body, is ofsuperior dignity to the president, who simply executes the laws,yet the popular verdict is unmistakably in favor of the sup- 1. Where is our federal ^vemment located ? What is said of the govemmeotof fche District of Columbia and of the relations of its citizens to the federalauthority ? 2. What is the popular estimate of the dl^fnity of the president as comparedwith congress ? what power has th» president over legislation ? OUB FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, (The official residence of ttie president is built of freestone and paintedwhite, and hence is popularly called the Whie House. It is two storiesin height, with 170 feet front and 86 feet depth. The cornerstone waslaid in 1792, and the house was first occupied by President Adams in
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O m >—« O w » w w H 1800. The house was burned by the British in 1814, but was rebuilt andre-occupied in 1817. It is one and a half miles from the capitol, and isconnected therewith by a broad avenue, whence the frequent congres-sional allusions to * the gentleman at the other end of the avenue.) OUB FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 3 eriority of the president. It is consid ered vastly more import-ant for a party to gain control of the presidency, than to mnstera majority in one or in both of the houses of congress. More-over, the president has, in addition to his functions as chief ofthe executive department, the duty and privilege of advisinglegislation by congress and influencing the same by signing thebills or sending them back for correction to the house in whichthey originated. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 3. The Presidential Campaign. The jiresident of the United States is elected under Art. II,Sec. 1, and Amendment XII, of the constitution, and underthe laws made

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