For very pleasant and profitable reading, in connection with the formation and interpretation of the Constitution, and the political history of our country from 1763 to 1850, we have the “American Statesmen Series,” edited by J.T.  Morse, and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1882-90:  Benjamin Franklin, by J.T.  Morse; Patrick Henry, by M.C.  Tyler; Samuel Adams, by J.K.  Hosmer; George Washington, by H.C.  Lodge, 2 vols.; John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, by J.T.  Morse; Alexander Hamilton, by H.C.  Lodge; Gouverneur Morris, by T. Roosevelt; James Madison, by S.H.  Gay; James Monroe by D.C.  Gilman; Albert Gallatin, by J.A.  Stevens; John Randolph, by H. Adams; John Jay, by G. Pellew; John Marshall, by A.B.  Magruder; John Quincy Adams, by J.T.  Morse; John C. Calhoun, by H. von Holst; Andrew Jackson, by W.G.  Sumner; Martin Van Buren, by E.M.  Shepard; Henry Clay, by C. Schurz, 2 vols.; Daniel Webster, by H.C.  Lodge; Thomas H, Benton, by T. Roosevelt.

In connection with the questions on page 269 relating to tariff, currency, etc., references to some works on political economy are needed.  The arguments in favour of protectionism are set forth in Bowen’s American Political Economy, last ed., N.Y., 1870; the arguments in favour of free trade are set forth in Perry’s Political Economy, 19th ed., N.Y., 1887; and for an able and impartial historical survey, Taussig’s Tariff History of the United States, N.Y., 1888, may be recommended.  For a lucid view of currency, see Jevons’s Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, N.Y., 1875.

A useful work on the Australian method of voting is Wigmore’s The Australian Ballot System, 2d ed., Boston, 1890.

In connection with some of the questions on page 271, the student may profitably consult Woolsey’s International Law, 5th ed., N.Y., 1879.  NOTE TO PAGE 226.

By the act of February 3, 1887, the second Monday in January is fixed for the meeting of the electoral colleges in all the states.  The provisions relating to the first Wednesday in January are repealed.  The interval between the second Monday in January and the second Wednesday in February remains available for the settlement of disputed questions.

NOTE TO PAGE 250.

In order to relieve the supreme court of the United States, which had come to be overburdened with business, a new court, with limited appellate jurisdiction, called the circuit court of appeals, was organized in 1892.  It consists primarily of nine appeal judges, one for each of the nine circuits.  For any given circuit the supreme court justice of the circuit, the appeal judge of the circuit, and the circuit judge constitute the court of appeal.

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