New geographies . FiO. 97. —Tbe White House, where the Presideut Jives, 80 HOME GEOGBAPHT is now President of the United States? Who was the first President ? What do you know about each ? Besides these officers, who are elected by the people, there are a great many others who, are appointed by the Presi-dent to carry on the government work. Many live in Washing-ton, but some, such as postmasters, live in other places. We have seen that our representatives, and other officers, are elected by votes thatare cast for them. Be-cause the people thus havethe power to make their ownlaws, our governme
New geographies . FiO. 97. —Tbe White House, where the Presideut Jives, 80 HOME GEOGBAPHT is now President of the United States? Who was the first President ? What do you know about each ? Besides these officers, who are elected by the people, there are a great many others who, are appointed by the Presi-dent to carry on the government work. Many live in Washing-ton, but some, such as postmasters, live in other places. We have seen that our representatives, and other officers, are elected by votes thatare cast for them. Be-cause the people thus havethe power to make their ownlaws, our government iscalled a democracy. The first part of this word means people, and the last part government, so that. other forms ofgoveriiment Fio. 98. — General George Washington, firstPresident of the United States. Why our gov-ernment iscalled a democ-racy and a re-public the whole word means government by thepeople. Because thepeople do not reallymake the laws them-selves, but elect repre-sentatives to do thatfor them, ours is oftencalled a representativegovernment, or a repub-lic. It is often said that ourform of government makesus free andequal. Peo-ple are by no means so free and equal inall countries. Under somegovernments, in Europe andAsia, the people have very little to say aboutthe laws that shall govern them. Nor do thelaws protect them all equally; for some of thehigh officers say freely what they think, whileothers dare not do this. Many must obey theirrulers blindly, just as little children are ex-pected to obey their parents. Such a government cannot be called a democ-racy, or a republic; it is really a despotism, or anabsolute monarchy. This means that the ruleris a despot, or a
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