A Hand Book for American Citizens or Things Every Patriot Should Know

1895. The object in issuing this manual is to place in the hands of the citizen a weapon which will arm him for the performance of his duties and the defense of his rights. The information herein contained has been carefully compiled from trustworthy sources. It is not intended for the theorist; it deals with the Republic as it has been and as it is, and with the Constitution and laws as they are, and not as this or that dreamer thinks that they ought to be. If knowledge is power, then the citizen who reads and studies this book will have power-power to do his part intelligently in upholding the institutions whose establishment has cost so much, and on whose permanence the happiness of mankind may depend.