In his book, The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper expresses many Christian ideas. This book is the final in the Leatherstocking Tales Series. This series shows how American people have a need to survive …show more content…
He says that republics are systems of governments that have elected representatives to represent the people of its country. He lists examples such as Poland and Venice, which fit the definition, but these governments do not necessarily serve the people, like a republic’s intended purpose. Cooper then talked about the United States republic, and how it was the perfect representation of the people’s will. Other South American and Central American nations tried to create similar republics, but as Cooper said, these failed to be as strongly democratic as the United States, and fell into despotism just like the European republics …show more content…
If a farmer loses his season of crop, he can replant it the next year,and usually recover enough to support himself again. If a merchant loses his investments, there is almost no way he can recover and support himself through mercantilism anymore. Commerce is the trade or passage of goods through foreign countries, and it is in the entire country’s economy’s best interest to invest in mercantilism. This is why the merchants should be subsidized by the taxes of every citizen, but the merchants also owe taxes upon their profits, in order to keep the balance of profit equal between the government and merchants. The government subsidizes merchants through the taxes of the people, and the merchants promote the economy, by paying taxes in return to the government of the people. This belief is very republican in supporting the mercantilism of a society in order to promote its general