Subject: Ought the United States Government to construct an interoceanic canal?
Brief for the Affirmative.
E. J. Blossom, C. H. Burdett.
I. An inter-oceanic canal is highly desirable.
"Nicaragua Canal," by General Grant.
North Am. Rev., vol. 132.
II. There is no likelihood of a canal being built unless by the U. S. Government.
Unratified Treaty with Nicaragua. See N. Y. Semi-Weekly Tribune, Dec. 19, 1884.
III. There are positive advantages of a canal under the U. S. Government.
IV. The people of the U. S. should be guided by the principles of the "Monoe Doctrine"-to wit, a canal under American control.
Pres. Hayes' Message, Mar. 8, 1880; Correspondence of Sec. Blaine and Sec. Frelinghuysen with Lord Granville, For. Rel. 1882.
I. The provisions of the proposed treaty of 1884 with Nicaragua are in harmony with this policy.
Text of the Treaty, N. Y. Semi-Weekly Tribune, Dec. 19, 1884; Tucker's
Monroe Doctrine, chapt. 1; The Inter-Oceanic Canal and the Monroe Doctrine in House Reports, 3d Session, 46 Cong. Rep., 224.
II. The Bulwer-Clayton Treaty is not an obstacle to the U. S. control of an inter-oceanic canal. This treaty is now voidable.
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