Word: nationalities
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...those who have paid it and remitting what is still due. 1. The first method has no advocates and no advantages. 2. The second leaves unremedied the present unsatisfactory condition of affairs. 3. The third method is the only one worthy of a great and generous nation: [a] To satisfy the states' demands; [b] To straighten out the gov't accounts...
...inexpedient: [a] Refund of tax aids in producing deficit which must be met by increased taxation or a loan: Nation, March 12, 1891; [b] Return of tax lawfully collected tends to discredit the government: Veto message, p. 505; [c] Leads necessarily to return of other war taxes, e. g. income tax: Veto message, p. 505; Q. J. E., III, 452, 456; [d] States will be demoralized by sudden filling of their treasuries, cf. results of "deposit of 1836" : Bourne, "History of the Surplus Revenue...
...Canada is unfitted to become an independent nation because of [a] its geographical situation and physical configuration, [b] the lack of political unity; North American Review vol. 131 p. 14; Boston Herald, March 8-12, 1891; Review of Reviews...
...Annexation would be mutually beneficial to the United States and to Canada; [a] trade would be stimulated and means of communication improved; [b] causes of political difference would disappear; [c] complications with foreign nations would be avoided; Nation, vol. 28, p. 171; American, vol. 1, p. 149; Durell's Relation of tariff to Wages...
...Subsidies are politically objectionable. [a] They are class legislation and encourage a lobby, Nation XLIX, pp. 285, Oct. 10, 1889; Cong. Record of '69-'70, part V, pp. 3860, Codman pamphlet VII as above pp. 21 et seq. [b] Establish a bad precedent, Lane's Speech, Cong. Becord, pp. 3561; Codman, Shipping and Subsidies...