According to tocqueville democracy in america attaches more importance to which the office or the official

According to Alexis de Tocqueville democracy in America attaches more importance to the office than the official. He wa enthusiastic at observing American Democracy in action and describing it , thinking it would be helpful in evolving France´s Democracy. Because of this he wrote "Democracy in America".

At what time period? Before the Homestead Act people always believed that America should expand from the east coast to the west. Gold in California got a lot of immigrants to move near the west coast. The Homestead Act got people to move west, not near the gold, but in inhabited areas.