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Title: Statesmen
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903
Subjects: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886 Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Statesmen
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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s of the Pan-American Con-gress, as officially declared, were to adopt meas-ures that should tend to preserve and promote theprosperity of the several American States, theformation of a customs and trade union, the estab-lishment of regular and frequent communicationbetween the ports of the several States in thecompact, the establishment of a uniform systemof customs dues, weights and measures, trade-marks, silver currency, and an agreement look-ing toward the arbitration of all questions anddisputes by an international court. The princi-pal result of this congress was the adoption ofa system of trade reciprocity with the SouthAmerican and Central American States, whichit is claimed has inured greatly to the benefitof the republic of the United States. It is likely that the calamities that now over-took Blaine not only depressed his spirits, whichhad always been elastic and animated, but hast-ened that gradual decay of his physical powerswhich eventually resulted in making his retire-
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;;;iiS;iiinilw^^ iinm.m Mr. Blaines Washington Home, at 17 Marlisnn Place, where he Died—Formerlythe Seward Mansion. JAMES O. BLAINE 309 ment from public life absolutely necessary. OnJanuary 15, 1890, his oldest son, Walker Blaine,who had been his main-stay and support in thecares of State, died suddenly. Within a monthlater his oldest daughter, Alice, also died ; andanother son, Emmons Blaine, died in 1892. Afew weeks after the death of his daughter,Blaine had an attack of paralysis and was takento his home, and during the summer of 1891 wasunable to attend to the affairs of the State De-partment. During his absence many questionsof great importance arose and were disposed ofby President Harrison, who was obliged to as-sume the duties of Secretary of State to a greatdegree during the prostration of the Secretary. As if pursued by adversity relentlessly, and inspite of all efforts to escape, his name was pre-sented at the Republican convention of 1892 byill-advised friends. It is li

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