If, in 1876, I had anticipated the immense increase in the product of silver, I might have hesitated, but in the view that I was then able to command I had great confidence that a bimetallic arrangement might be secured.
Boutwell reflects on his confidence in securing a bimetallic arrangement had he anticipated the rise in silver production.
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They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
You are called to a choice between the doctrines of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln on one side and the doctrines and policy of President McKinley and his supporters on the other side.
Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
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