[55] Smith: “Parties and Slavery,” (“American Nation,” Vol. XVIII).

[56] Democratic Platform, 1856.

[57] North American Review, Vol. CXXXII, p. 107.

[58] “American Nation,” Vol. XXIII.

[59] “Theodore Roosevelt,” by W. R. Thayer, 180. “John Hay,” by W. R. Thayer, II, 339-41.

[60] Isthmian Canal Commission Report, Sen. Doc. 57th Congress., 1st session, No. 54.

[61] Message of January 4, 1904, Sen. Doc., 58th Cong. 2nd Sess. No. 53, pp. 5-26.

[62] “Theodore Roosevelt,” by William Roscoe Thayer, p. 184 et seq.

[63] Letter to Albert Shaw by President Theodore Roosevelt. Literary Digest, October 29, 1904.

[64] “Theodore Roosevelt,” by W. R. Thayer, p. 190.