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<v Speaker 1>Chapter fifty two of Philip Drew Administrator by Edward House.

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<v Speaker 1>This LibriVox recording is in the public domain, recorded by

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<v Speaker 1>the Progressing America Project. Chapter fifty two the Unity of

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<v Speaker 1>the northern half of the Western Hemisphere under the New Republic.

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<v Speaker 1>Seven years had passed since Philip Drew had assumed the

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<v Speaker 1>administration of the Republic, seven years of serious work and

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<v Speaker 1>heavy responsibility. His tenure of power was about to close

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<v Speaker 1>to close. Amidst the plaudits of a triumphant democracy, a

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<v Speaker 1>Congress and a President had just been elected, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were soon to assume the functions of government. Four years

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<v Speaker 1>the states had been running along smoothly and happily under

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<v Speaker 1>their new constitutions and laws. The courts, as modified and adjusted,

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<v Speaker 1>were meeting every expectation and had justified the change. The

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<v Speaker 1>revenues under the new system of taxation were ample, the

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<v Speaker 1>taxes were not oppressive, and the people had quickly learned

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<v Speaker 1>the value of knowing how much and for what they

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<v Speaker 1>were paying. This, perhaps more than any other thing, had

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<v Speaker 1>awakened their interest in public affairs. The governments, both state

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<v Speaker 1>and national, were being administered by able, well paid men

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<v Speaker 1>who were spurred by the sense of responsibility, and by

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<v Speaker 1>the knowledge that their constituents were alert and keenly interested

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<v Speaker 1>in the result of their endeavors. Some of the recommendations

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<v Speaker 1>of the many commissions had been modified and others adjusted

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<v Speaker 1>to suit local conditions, but as a whole there was

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<v Speaker 1>a general uniformity of statutes throughout the Union, and there

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<v Speaker 1>was no conflict of laws between the States and the

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<v Speaker 1>general government. By negotiations, by purchase, and by allowing other

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<v Speaker 1>powers ample coaling stations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the British, French and Danish West

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<v Speaker 1>Indies were under American protection, and Old Glory was the

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<v Speaker 1>undisputed emblem of authority. In the northern half of the

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<v Speaker 1>Western Hemisphere. Foreign and domestic affairs were in so satisfactory

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<v Speaker 1>a condition that the army had been reduced to two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred thousand men, and these were broadly scattered from the

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<v Speaker 1>Arctic seas to the canal at Panama. Since the flag

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<v Speaker 1>was so widely flung, that number was fixed as the

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<v Speaker 1>minimum to be maintained in reducing the army. Drew had

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<v Speaker 1>shown his confidence in the loyalty of the people to

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<v Speaker 1>him and their satisfaction with the government given them. Quickened

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<v Speaker 1>by non restrictive laws, the merchant marine of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States had increased by leaps and bounds, until its tonnage

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<v Speaker 1>was sufficient for its own carrying trade and a part

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<v Speaker 1>of that of other countries. The American Navy, at the

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<v Speaker 1>close of Philip Drew's wise administration, was second only to

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<v Speaker 1>that of England, and together the two great English speaking

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<v Speaker 1>nations held in their keeping the peace and commercial freedom

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<v Speaker 1>of the Seven Seas. End of Chapter fifty two