A history of the United States for schools . A COTTON PLANT. § 104- THE PERIOD OF WEAKNESS. 267 for spinning and weaving. This was the beginning ofthe age of machinery and of countless inventions forincreasing mans power of production. Soon the ad-vantage of all this was felt in the United States morethan in any other part of the world, and people cameflocking here from other countries because there wasplenty for them to do. To secure such advantages, it was necessary that theFederal government should be strong enough to pre-serve peace at home, and to make itself respected I ;. A COTTON FIELD
A history of the United States for schools . A COTTON PLANT. § 104- THE PERIOD OF WEAKNESS. 267 for spinning and weaving. This was the beginning ofthe age of machinery and of countless inventions forincreasing mans power of production. Soon the ad-vantage of all this was felt in the United States morethan in any other part of the world, and people cameflocking here from other countries because there wasplenty for them to do. To secure such advantages, it was necessary that theFederal government should be strong enough to pre-serve peace at home, and to make itself respected I ;. A COTTON FIELD. abroad ; for neither business nor pleasure thrives amidanarchy or in a country that cannot defenditself. It was equally necessary that local self- govern-government should be maintained in everypart of the Union ; otherwise, people would lose theirliberties, and life would become less attractive. Aftera century, we can truly say that, in spite of one greatCivil War and some minor contests, our Federal Con- 268 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XIIL stitution has kept the American Union in such pro-found peace as was hardly ever seen before in any partof the earth since men began to live upon its the same time, local self-government has not beenseriously interfered with, and the just rights of thestates have, on the whole, been duly respected. 105. Hamilton and the Assumption of Debts. Thisgreat success has been largely due to the fact thatunder President Washington a sound and correct startwas made. The money question was most the old Continental Congres
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