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Best general references: David Wells in N. A. Review, vol. 125, pp. 286-300; vol. 136, p. 326; Richmond M. Smith, Emigration and Immigration; Learned's Report in House Exec. Doc. for 1870-'71, vol. 8, No. 94; Forum, vol...
...would not be the annexation of an unwilling people. - (a) The interests of Canada lie here because of - (1) Great number of Canadian born in U. S.; N. A. R., vol. 136, p. 326. - (2) Extended markets of the United States; Learned's Report in House Exec. Doc. 1870-71, vol. 8, No. 94. - (b) Destructive English control would be removed; Dublin Review, vol. 35, p. 151; Bourinot; Constitutional Manual of Canada. - (c) Canada's debt would be assumed; Johnson's Statistics of Canada...
...Senate Committee on Coinage, 51 Cong., 2nd Session, 1891; F. W. Taussig, the Working of the New Silver Act, in Forum, Oct. 1891, F. W. Taussig, the Working of the New Silver Act, in Forum, Oct. 1890, Forum, March, 1891; Silver as a Circulating medium, Forum, Nineteenth Century, vol. 28, p. 309; Nation, 1890, passim...
...does not put the country into a dangerous financial position. - (a) It is based on the act of 1878, and is therefore no untried innovation: Forum, Oct. '90. - (b) The coin is a substitutionary currency. - (c) It does not cause inflation: Nineteenth Century, Vol. 28, p.317...
...Republican policy has been unfavorable to a military spirit. - (a) Pensions given through gratitude have been called a debt: G. B. Raum, Pensions and patriotism in North Amer. Review, Vol. 153, p. 213, Aug. 1891. - (b) It has accustomed the people to fight for rewards and not for patriotism: Pres. Cleveland's message. - (c) It has aroused disgust at the mercenary spirit of veterans: Weekly Tribune, July...