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Preface
The object in issuing this manual is to place in
the hands of the citizen a weapon which will arm
him for the performance of his duties and the defense
of his rights. The information herein contained
has been carefully compiled from trustworthy
sources. It is not specially intended for
the theorist ; it deals with the Republic as it has
been and as it is, and with the Constitution and
laws as they are, and not as this or that dreamer
thinks that they ought to be. If knowledge is
power, then the citizen who reads and studies this
book will have power power to do his part intelligently
in upholding the institutions whose establishment
has cost so much, and on whose permanence
the happiness of mankind may depend. The
Old Flag appears all the dearer and more glorious
the more we study the history which it represents,
and the rights and privileges won for us by the men
who bore it through the storms of many a battlefield.
The American who fails to acquaint himself
with the origin and character of American institutions,
and with his own rights and obligations as
. a citizen and a sovereign is lacking in loyalty to
his country, to his home and to himself.
Contents Part I. ORIGIN OF THE NATION. Character of the Colonists Becoming a Nation Beginning of the Union Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Washington's Resignation Demand for a Constitution Constitution of the United States Washington's Farewell Address Part II. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Not a Part of National Law Text of the Monroe Doctrine Minister Anderson at Bogota The Holy Alliance and the Monroe Doctrine How Seward Enforced the Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine Today Part III. THE SLAVERY ISSUE. Antagonism Between North and South Beginning of Negro Slavery The Missouri Compromise The Wilmot Proviso Compromise of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law Kansas and Nebraska Act Buchanan's Hope - Lincoln's Prophecy Emancipation Proclamation Part IV. THE TARIFF ISSUE. As Old as the Union Tariff Legislation The Tariff After the War Becomes the Leading Issue The Wilson Tariff Law Tariff Rates Compared Reciprocity Part V. THE SILVER QUESTION. Demonetization of Silver Hirer and Gold Values The Bland-Allison Act The Sherman Act Repeal of Silver Purchase Demands of Silver Advocates Part VI. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. Monopoly Described Political Power of Trusts The United States Anti-Trust Law State Laws Against Trusts Part VII. LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES Labor's Marvelous Progress Effect of Independence on Labor The Workingman's Political Enfranchisement Labor Organization and Labor Laws Part VIII. RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES. Church and State Church Support in Massachusetts Church and State in Connecticut The Mormon Hierarchy Religious Statistics The Various Denominations Non-Orthodox Bodies Success of the Voluntary System Part IX. CITIZENSHIP AND SUFFRAGE. The Citizen's Obligations and Rights Voting is a Privilege Qualifications for Voting Past and Present Woman Suffrage Secret Voting The Australian System Naturalized Citizens Rights of Citizens Abroad Part X. NATIONAL PARTIES AND ADMINISTRATIONS. Federalists and Anti-Federalists The Democratic and Whig Parties The Liberty Party Free Soil Democrats The Know-Nothing Party The Republican Party The Democrats Divide Lincoln Elected Liberal Republicans Electoral Commission Protection to the Front The Populist Party The President and Riots Part XI. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Part XII. POLITICAL PLATFORMS. Republican National Platform Democratic National Platform The People's Party Platform The Prohibition Platform Part XIII. The Pension Roll. Part XIV. Important Events in American History.
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