On the record
As a weapon of coercion, exclaimed Cady, embargo has been a failure--as a measure of defence it has been suicidal.
Source
gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “As a weapon of coercion, exclaimed Cady, embargo has been a failure--as a measure of defence it has been suicidal.”
Editor's note · Context
Cady's statement reflects a critical perspective on the effectiveness of the embargo as a political strategy during a tumultuous time.
Share
More from De Alexander
Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the senate and senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election.
In accepting the Democratic nomination Cleveland had the great advantage of not being obliged to refer to anything of which he was ashamed.
He writes of the Filipinos as he found them, and with the knack of the true investigator, has avoided falling in with the political views of any party or faction.
More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.
Other voices in this conversation
