Excerpt from The National Debt and the "Monroe Doctrine": How to Extinguish the One and Establish the Other, A Practical Plan to Secure the Peace and Prosperity of the Spanish-American States, and Greatly to Augment the Commerce and Wealth of the United States

Whoever may seem to lead the public mind in any great movement is virtually but an organ, if his thought be not an inspiration, of the popular will.

For nearly half a century the question discussed in the following pages has occupied the attention of our statesmen, and on several occasions been gravely considered by the Government. Again and again postponed, it has recurred and will continue to recur until the mass of the people shall be aroused to the wisdom and necessity of finally disposing of it.

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