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John R. Dos Passos. The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People
The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People
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INTRODUCTION
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THE ANGLO-SAXON CENTURY. CHAPTER I. TWO EVENTS WHICH MARK THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
I.—BY THE SPANISH WAR, THE RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE AND THE EAST WERE SUDDENLY TRANSFORMED
II.—THE EFFECT OF THE WAR IN AFRICA UPON THE RELATIONS AND POWER OF ENGLAND
III.-THE PRESENT DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD
IV.—RUSSIA, CHINA, FRANCE—THEIR RELATIONS TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE WORLD
V.—THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PEOPLE
RÉSUMÉ
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN AND FORM OF THE SUGGESTED ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. I.—HOW THE SUGGESTION AROSE
II.—THE INDEFINITENESS OF THE FORM OF THE PROPOSED ALLIANCE
III.—DEFINITION OF CO-OPERATION, ALLIANCE, UNION, OR COMPACT
CHAPTER III. THE HISTORICAL FACTS TRACED WHICH HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY LEADING TO INTERFUSION BETWEEN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE
I.—THE DIFFERENT EPOCHS WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACE
II.—RÉSUMÉ OF THE FOREGOING
CHAPTER IV. THE INHERENT NATURAL REASONS OR SYMPATHETIC CAUSES WHICH SUSTAIN A UNION, AND WHICH SUPPORT THE HISTORICAL GROWTH AND TENDENCY TO THE SAME END EXAMINED
I.—UNION NATURAL AS TO TIME AND PEOPLE
II.—OF THE SAME NATIONAL FAMILY
PRESIDENTS
STATESMEN
JURISTS
SOLDIERS
SAILORS
FINANCIERS
WRITERS AND SCHOLARS
III.—THE SAME LANGUAGE
IV.—THE SAME LITERATURE
V.—THE SAME POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
VI.—THE SAME LAWS, LEGAL CUSTOMS, AND GENERAL MODES OF JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
VII.—THE SAME TENDENCY AND METHODS OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND WORSHIP
VIII.—INTERMARRIAGES
IX.—OTHER SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS, EXHIBITING THE NATURAL FEATURES OF THE ALLIANCE, SUCH AS THE DRAMA, SPORTS, PASTIMES, HABITS OF LIVING
X.—RÉSUMÉ
CHAPTER V. THE SELFISH CAUSES WHICH PROVOKE AND SUPPORT AN ALLIANCE, EXAMINED
I.—THE COMMON INTERESTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES DEMAND CO-OPERATION—IDENTITY OF INTERNATIONAL ACTION
II.—SELF-PRESERVATION—PROTECTION—NECESSITY
III.—DUTY
CHAPTER VI. THE MEANS BY WHICH A CLOSER UNION MAY BE CREATED AND MAINTAINED
CHAPTER VII. THE SUBJECTS TO BE COVERED BY A TREATY
II.—COMMON CITIZENSHIP
III.—TO ESTABLISH FREEDOM OF COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED, TO THE SAME EXTENT AS THAT WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STATES CONSTITUTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IV.—GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES (I) TO COIN GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL AND COPPER MONEY, NOT DISPLAYING THE SAME DEVICES OR MOTTOES, BUT POSSESSING AN EQUAL MONEY VALUE, AND INTERCHANGEABLE EVERYWHERE WITHIN THE LIMITS COVERED BY THE TREATY, AND (2) TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
V.—IN CASE OF ANY DISPUTE HEREAFTER OCCURRING BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, OR ANY OF HER COLONIES, AND THE UNITED STATES, THE SAME TO BE REFERRED TO A SUPREME COURT OF ARBITRATION TO BE CREATED AND ORGANISED UPON SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING LINES:
CONCLUSION. THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION UPON THE QUESTION OF ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE
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John R. Dos Passos
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A cabinet is chosen to aid the president. As the cabinet members are his family council they ought {24} to be in sympathy with his political views, and with his plans, as executive, and their tenure should be consistent with his pleasure. To place them in a position similar to the Ministry of England, in which nation the House of Commons represents the immediate sentiments of the English people; to take one important feature of a constitutional monarchy as it exists in England, and place it in the body of a republic like that created in France, is anomalous and incongruous; utterly out of sympathy and in discord with the real purposes of a republic.
In a republic, a cabinet represents the president, not the people. The noise, froth, and confusion which characterise every overthrow of a French ministry in the Chamber of Deputies is not the vox populi; the change is the result of coalitions, sentiment, or passion; it is a momentary variation in the temper of the legislators, often brought about by events so trivial that one is almost ashamed of legislative bodies. These topsy-turvy movements are not aimed at the executive, but are demonstrations against the cabinet, whose constant overthrow shows the instability of the administration and brings it into contempt. The frequent downfall of a cabinet weakens the confidence of the people in their government, although in fact it may be purely superficial.
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