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Best general references:- T, W. Wilson on Cabinet Government in the United States, in International Review August, 1879; or H. White in Nation, vol...
...present system of transacting business in congress is unsatisfactory and would be greatly improved by the proposed exchnage:- Senator Hoar in North American Review, Feb. 1879, Gamaliel Bradford, The Practical Working of our Government, pp. 4-8; Nation, vol...
...Direct responsibility for measures is essential and would be obtained:- Story on the Constitution, S 869 et seq; International Review, Aug., 1879, pp. 149-151; Nation, vol...
...possession of a large navy is an incentive to war:- Speech of Oates, Congressional Record, vol. 17, p. 2344; Cobden's speeches...
...United States do not require a large navy. (a) We have no distant colonies to defend:- Holman's speech, Congressional Record, vol. 18, Appendix, p. 97; (b) we have proved our ability to maintain our rights without the support or a large navy, e. g. the Oregan Question, (see Schouler's History of the United States, vol 4, p. 503); The Alabama claims:- (see McCarthy, History of Our Own Times...