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About the Author

P
atricia Wallace’s career spans the fields of information technology, business
and management, and psychology, and she has held varied positions, includ-
ing head of information technology, faculty member, academic administra-
tor, and consultant. She recently retired from Johns Hopkins University, where she
was Senior Director, IT and Online Programs, at the Center for Talented Youth for
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14 years. Before joining Hopkins, Dr. Wallace served as Chief Information Strategies,
at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. She
currently teaches in the Graduate School of the University of Maryland University
College, where she also served as the Associate Vice President and Chief Information
Officer for ten years. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Texas
at Austin and holds an M.S. in Computer Systems Management. Dr. Wallace has
published 14 books, including The Internet in the Workplace: How New Technologies
Transform Work (2004) and The Psychology of the Internet (2016), several educa-
tional software programs, and numerous scholarly articles.

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Brief Contents

CHAPTER

CHAPTER
1
2
Information Systems and People 2

Information Systems and Strategy 32


IS Contents ix

CHAPTER
3 Information and Communications
Technologies: The Enterprise Architecture 62

CHAPTER
4 Databases and Data Warehouses 94

CHAPTER
5 Information Systems for the Enterprise 130

CHAPTER
6 The Web, Social Media, E-Commerce, and M-Commerce 164

CHAPTER
7 Business Intelligence and Decision Making 198

CHAPTER
8 Collaborating with Technology 228

CHAPTER
9 Knowledge Management and E-Learning 260

CHAPTER
10 Ethics, Privacy, and Security 294

CHAPTER
11 Systems Development and Procurement 328

CHAPTER
12 Project Management and Strategic Planning 358

C a s e St u d i e s Facebook and Instagram: Privacy Challenges 389


Enabling the Sharing Economy: The Case of Uber Technologies  393
Apple: Can the Company Pull Off Another Disruptive Innovation?  396
Managing the Federal Government’s IT Project Portfolio  399

Glossary  403

Index  411

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Contents

CHAPTER
1
Preface  xxiii
Acknowledgments  xxxi

Information Systems and People 2


IS Contents xi

Learning Objectives   2
Introduction  2
Information Systems in Action   4
Managing Operations   4
Supporting Customer Interactions   6
Making Decisions   6
Collaborating on Teams   7
Gaining Competitive Advantage   8
Improving Individual Productivity   8
The Nature of Information   8
What Makes Information Valuable?   9
The Components of an Information System   10
People  10
Technology  11
Processes  12
Data  14
Information Systems, the Discipline   14
Information Systems throughout the Organization   16
Information Systems in Business   17
Information Systems in Nonprofits and Government   17
Inside the IT Department   17
Collaborating on Information Systems   19
Improving Your Own Productivity   19
Promises, Perils, and Ethical Issues   21
Privacy Breaches and Amplification Effects   21

The Ethical Factor: Ethical Issues Surrounding Information Systems   22

Online Simulation   22
Chapter Summary   23
Key Terms and Concepts   23
Chapter Review Questions   24
Projects and Discussion Questions   24
Application Exercises   25
EXCEL APPLICATION: STAFF Planning Spreadsheet   25
ACCESS APPLICATION: Information Systems in Business   26
Case Study #1 Nasdaq’s Information Challenges: Facebook’s Botched Public Opening and
High-Frequency Trading   26
Case Study #2 Breaking News: Twitter’s Growing Role in Emergencies and Disaster Communications   28

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E-Project 1 Analyzing the May 6 “Flash Crash” with Excel Charts   29


E-Project 2 Gathering, Visualizing, and Evaluating Reports from Twitter and Other Sources During a
Disaster  29
Chapter Notes   30

CHAPTER
2 Information Systems and Strategy 32
Learning Objectives   32
Introduction  32
Porter’s Five Competitive Forces   34
Threat of New Entrants   35
Power of Buyers   36
Power of Suppliers   36
Threat of Substitutes   37
Rivalry Among Existing Competitors   38
Factors that Affect How the Five Forces Operate   38
Disruptive Technology and Innovations   38
Government Policies and Actions   40
Complementary Services and Products in the Ecosystem   40
Environmental Events and “Wildcards”   42
The Value Chain and Strategic Thinking   42
Extending the Value Chain: From Suppliers to the Firm to Customers   43
Benchmarking Components of the Value Chain   44

The Ethical Factor: Ethical Responsibility in an Extended Value Chain   44

IT Benchmarks   44
Competitive Strategies in Business   46
The Role of Information Systems in Strategy   47
Information Systems: Run, Grow, and Transform the Business   48
Information Strategies and Nonprofit Organizations   49
Fund-Raising  50
Volunteering  50
Information Strategies and Government   50
Does I.T. Matter?   51
Spending on Running, Growing, and Transforming   52
Leveling UP!: A Strategic Analysis   52
Online Simulation   53
Chapter Summary   54
Key Terms and Concepts   55
Chapter Review Questions   55
Projects and Discussion Questions   55
Application Exercises   56
EXCEL APPLICATION: IT Benchmarks   56
ACCESS APPLICATION: Telethon Call Reports   56
Case Study #1 Can GameStop Survive with Its Brick-and-Mortar Stores?   57
Case Study #2 The Battle for Net Neutrality   58
E-Project 1 Identifying Company Strategy with Online Financial Chart Tools   59
E-Project 2 Analyzing Media Download Times with Excel   59
Chapter Notes   60

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CHAPTER
3 Information and Communications
Technologies: The Enterprise Architecture 62
Learning Objectives   62
Introduction  62
The Hardware   64
Input and Output   64
Processing  68
Storage  69

The Ethical Factor: Ethical Implications of Big Data   70

The Software   70
Types of Software   70
How Is Software Created?   72
Networks and Telecommunications   74
Transmission Media and Protocols   74
Networking Basics   76
Network Protocols   78
Strategy and Competition in Telecommunications   80
The Enterprise Architecture   81
Trends in Enterprise Architectures   81
Guiding the Enterprise Architecture   85
Online Simulation   86
Chapter Summary   87
Key Terms and Concepts   88
Chapter Review Questions   88
Projects and Discussion Questions   88
Application Exercises   89
EXCEL APPLICATION: Analyzing Growth in Computer Storage Capacities   89
ACCESS APPLICATION: Managing ICT Assets with a Database   89
Case Study #1 Google Glass and Wearable Technologies   90
Case Study #2 Rolling Out Its 4G Network, Sprint Corporation Competes with Rivals   91
E-Project 1 Voluntary Distributed Computing   92
E-Project 2 Using Excel to Analyze Cost Effectiveness for 4G Rollouts   92
Chapter Notes   93

CHAPTER
4 Databases and Data Warehouses 94
Learning Objectives   94
Introduction  94
The Nature of Information Resources   96
Structured, Unstructured, and Semi-Structured Information   96
Metadata  97
The Quality of Information   97
Managing Information: From Filing Cabinets to the Database   98
Tables, Records, and Fields   99
The Rise and Fall of File Processing Systems   100
Databases and Database Management Systems   102

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Developing and Managing a Relational Database   105


Planning the Data Model   105
Accessing the Database and Retrieving Information   109

The Ethical Factor: Ethical Issues in Database Design: The Case of Ethnic Identification   110

Managing and Maintaining the Database   112


Multiple Databases and the Challenge of Integration   114
Shadow Systems   114
Integration Strategies and Master Data Management   114
Data Warehouses and Big Data   115
Building the Data Warehouse   116
The Challenge of Big Data   117
Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining   119
The Challenges of Information Management: The Human Element   119
Ownership Issues   119
Databases Without Boundaries   120
Balancing Stakeholders’ Information Needs   120
Online Simulation   121
Chapter Summary   122
Key Terms and Concepts   123
Chapter Review Questions   123
Projects and Discussion Questions   123
Application Exercises   124
EXCEL APPLICATION: Managing Catering Supplies   124
ACCESS APPLICATION: DD-Designs   125
Case Study #1 UK Police Track Suspicious Vehicles in Real Time with Cameras and the License Plate
Database  126
Case Study #2 How eBay Scales Its Database Architecture with SQL and NoSQL   127
E-Project 1 Identifying Suspects with a License Plate Database: Constructing Queries with Access   128
E-Project 2 Building a Database for Customer Records   128
Chapter Notes   129

CHAPTER
5 Information Systems for the Enterprise 130
Learning Objectives   130
Introduction  130
Finance Management   132
Components of Financial Information Systems   132
Financial Reporting, Compliance, and Transparency   134
Human Capital Management   135
Components of Human Capital Management Systems   135
HCM Metrics   137
Managing the Supply Chain   138
Supply Chain Fundamentals   138

The Ethical Factor: Ethics and Talent Management   138

Measuring Performance in Supply Chains   139


Information Systems and Technology for Supply Chain Management   142

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Customer Relationship Management   145
CRM Goals and Metrics   145
CRM Strategies and Technologies   147
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Bringing It All Together   150
ERP Components   150
ERP Integration Strategies   152
Implementation Issues   153
Online Simulation   155
Chapter Summary   156
Key Terms and Concepts   157
Chapter Review Questions   157
Projects and Discussion Questions   157
Application Exercises   158
EXCEL APPLICATION: Performance Bicycle Parts   158
ACCESS APPLICATION: VSI Consultants   158
Case Study #1 Salesforce.com: Taking CRM to the Cloud   160
Case Study #2 Winning the War for Talent: The Mandarin Oriental’s Talent Management System   161
E-Project 1 CRM for Human Services Agencies   162
E-Project 2 Evaluating Employment and Recruitment Websites   162
Chapter Notes   163

CHAPTER
6 The Web, Social Media, E-Commerce,
and M-Commerce 164
Learning Objectives   164
Introduction  164
Developing a Web Strategy   166
Choosing a Goal   166
Naming the Website   168
Building the Website   170
Website Design   170

The Ethical Factor: Website Accessibility: Why Is Progress So Slow?   175

Software Development Strategies for the Web   175


E-Commerce  178
The Online Transaction and E-commerce Software   178
E-commerce Security   178
E-commerce Trust   179
Mobile Devices and M-Commerce   179
Why Mobile Matters   179
Designing Websites and Apps for Mobile Devices   180
M-commerce and Mobile Payments   181
Digital Marketing   181
Search Engine Optimization   181
Social and Mobile Marketing   184
Web 2.0 and Beyond   185
Crowdsourcing and Collective Intelligence   186
Expanding Data and Sensory Input: The Internet of Things   186
The Learning Web   187

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Online Simulation   188


Chapter Summary   189
Key Terms and Concepts   190
Chapter Review Questions   190
Projects and Discussion Questions   191
Application Exercises   192
WEBSITE APPLICATION: Heritage Dogs   192
EXCEL APPLICATION: Heritage Dogs Website Metrics   192
ACCESS APPLICATION: Springfield Animal Shelter   192
Case Study #1 Mobile Payments and the Digital Wallet   193
Case Study #2 LinkedIn: The Social Network and E-Marketplace for Professionals   194
E-Project 1 Examining Top M-Commerce Sites   195
E-Project 2 Exploring Linkedin’s Web Analytics   195
Chapter Notes   196

CHAPTER
7 Business Intelligence and Decision Making 198
Learning Objectives   198
Introduction  198
Levels of Decision Making   200
Operational Level   200
Tactical Level   200
Strategic Level   201
Sources of Business Intelligence   202
Transactional Databases, Data Warehouses, and Internal Data Sources   202
External Data Sources and Big Data   202

The Ethical Factor: The Ethics of Tagging Faces in Photos   204

Data Mining and Analytics   204


Analyzing Patterns, Trends, and Relationships   204
Simulating, Optimizing, and Forecasting   207
Artificial Intelligence   209
Achieving Success with Digital Analytics   212
Capturing Digital Metrics   212
Analyzing Data and Achieving Success   215
Putting It All Together: Dashboards, Portals, and Mashups   216
Dashboards  216
Portals  216
Mashups  218
Business Intelligence: The Human Element   219
Online Simulation   220
Chapter Summary   221
Key Terms and Concepts   221
Chapter Review Questions   222
Projects and Discussion Questions   222
Application Exercises   223
EXCEL APPLICATION: Analyzing Revenue and Expenses for City Hospital Seminars   223
ACCESS APPLICATION: Marketing City Hospital Seminars   223

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Case Study #1 Cracking Fraud with Government’s Big Data   224
Case Study #2 TV and Twitter: How Nielsen Rates Programs with “Social TV”   225
E-Project 1 Detecting Suspicious Activity in Insurance Claims   226
E-Project 2 Analyzing Nielsen TV Ratings with Excel   226
Chapter Notes   227

CHAPTER
8 Collaborating with Technology 228
Learning Objectives   228
Introduction  228
The Evolution of Collaborative Technologies   230
Email Technology, Contacts, and Calendars   230
Discussion Forums   232
Instant Messaging and Texting   232
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS)   235
Web Conferencing   235
Interactive Video   236
Shared Workspaces   237
Web 2.0 Collaborative Technologies   238
Blogs  238
Wikis  239
Social Networking   239
Microblogging  240
Virtual Worlds and Virtual Reality   241
Unified Communications   243
Capabilities for Unified Communications   243
Universal Dashboards   244
The Human Element and Collaborative Technologies   244
Psychological Characteristics of Online Environments   244

The Ethical Factor: Flash Mobs and Free Speech: Should Police Block Mobile Messaging Services?   246

Managing Online Impressions   247


Group Dynamics in Virtual Teams   247
Making Virtual Teams Work   249
Online Simulation   250
Chapter Summary   251
Key Terms and Concepts   251
Chapter Review Questions   252
Projects and Discussion Questions   252
Application Exercises   253
EXCEL APPLICATION: Going Green!   253
ACCESS APPLICATION: Cloud 9   253
Case Study #1 Telepresence Robots Support Remote Collaboration   254
Case Study #2 The Pros and Cons of Telecommuting   255
E-Project 1 Estimating Breakeven Pricing for Telepresence Robots
Using a Spreadsheet   256
E-Project 2 Estimating Savings for Virtual Work Using an Excel Model   256
Chapter Notes   257

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CHAPTER
9 Knowledge Management and E-Learning 260
Learning Objectives   260
Introduction  260
The Nature of Intellectual Capital   262
Types of Intellectual Capital   262
Types of Knowledge   262
Managing Intellectual Capital   263
Knowledge Management Strategies and Technologies   264
Identify the Goal   264
Locate the Sources   264
Capture the Knowledge   267
Organize, Share, and Value Knowledge   268
Knowledge Management: Pitfalls and Promises   272
The Human Element: Why Share Knowledge?   272
Incentives for Knowledge Sharing   272

The Ethical Factor: Knowledge Sharing in Fast-Paced Industries: The Case of Formula One Racing   273

Technology Hurdles and Content Issues   274


The Semantic Web   274
Practical Tips for Launching a Knowledge Management Project   274
E-Learning  275
Comparing E-learning Approaches   275
Creating an E-Learning Program   277
Course Development   277
Learning Objects   277
Content Authoring Tools   278
Collaboration Tools   280
Strategies to Prevent Cheating   281
Learning Management Systems   281
E-Learning in Education   282
Differences Between Corporate and Education E-Learning   283
Comparing E-learning and Classroom Learning   283
Online Simulation   285
Chapter Summary   286
Key Terms and Concepts   287
Chapter Review Questions   287
Projects and Discussion Questions   287
Application Exercises   288
EXCEL APPLICATION: Top Talent   288
ACCESS APPLICATION: Top Talent   288
Case Study #1 Lynda.com: How an E-Learning Entrepreneur
Rides Waves of Change   289
Case Study #2 Diplopedia: Managing State Department
Knowledge with a Wiki   290
E-Project 1 Exploring the World of Online Courses   291
E-Project 2 Managing the Human Element on Wikipedia
with Technology   291
Chapter Notes   292

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CHAPTER
10 Ethics, Privacy, and Security 294
Learning Objectives   294
Introduction  294
Ethics  296
Ethical Frameworks   296
Ethics and the Law   296
Ethical Issues and Information and Communications Technologies   297
Information Ethics   298
Intellectual Property and Digital Rights Management   298
Plagiarism  300
Privacy  301
Trading Privacy for Convenience and Freebies   302
Anonymity  303
Surveillance  304
“The Right to Be Forgotten”   305
Information Security   306
Risk Management   306
Identifying Threats   306

The Ethical Factor: Ethical Dilemmas in a Distributed Denial of Service Attack   309

Assessing Vulnerability   309


Administrative Security Controls   311
Technical Security Controls   311
Information Security and Cloud Computing   314
The Human Element in Information Ethics, Security, and Privacy   315
Cognitive Issues and Productivity   315
Social Engineering and Information Security   316
Security Awareness and Ethical Decision Making   316
Online Simulation   318
Chapter Summary   319
Key Terms and Concepts   319
Chapter Review Questions   320
Projects and Discussion Questions   320
Application Exercises   321
EXCEL APPLICATION: Citywide Community College   321
ACCESS APPLICATION: Citywide Community College   321
Case Study #1 Zynga Kills Petville and Angers Virtual Pet Owners   322
Case Study #2 Community Policing on the Internet: Spamhaus Targets
Worldwide Spammers   323
E-Project 1 Tracking the Trackers: Investigating How Third-Party Cookies
Steer the Ads You See   325
E-Project 2 Analyzing Spammers by Country Using Excel Pivot Tables   325
Chapter Notes   326

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CHAPTER
11 Systems Development and Procurement 328
Learning Objectives   328
Introduction  328
Systems Development Life Cycle   330
Planning  330
Analysis  331
Design Phase   333
Development Phases   335
Testing Phase   336
Implementation  337
Maintenance  338
Software Development Strategies   339

The Ethical Factor: Developing Systems That Promote Ethical Decision Making and Social Responsibility   340

Waterfall Software Development   340


Iterative Methods   341
Agile Methods   342
Comparing Software Development Approaches   342
Type of Project   342
Organizational Culture   343
Is Waterfall Dead?   343
Software Procurement: The “Buy” Strategy   343
Pros and Cons of Build and Buy   344
The Procurement Process   344
Adaptation and Customization   346
The Human Element in Systems Development and Procurement   346
Working in Teams   346
The Role of Senior Management   347
Working with Consultants   347
Online Simulation   349
Chapter Summary   350
Key Terms and Concepts   350
Chapter Review Questions   351
Projects and Discussion Questions   351
Application Exercises   352
EXCEL APPLICATION: Jay’s Bikes   352
ACCESS APPLICATION: Managing a Recipe Collection   352
Case Study #1 Baby Steps toward Scrum: How BabyCenter.com Made the Cultural
Transition to Agile Software Development   353
Case Study #2 Extreme Programming at the U.S. Strategic Command   354
E-Project 1 Watching Babycenter.com Change over Time with the Internet Archive   355
E-Project 2 Analyzing Software Defect Rates Using Excel   355
Chapter Notes   356

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CHAPTER
12 Project Management and Strategic Planning 358
Learning Objectives   358
Introduction  358
What is a Project?   360
Projects Versus Processes   360
The Triple Constraint: Time, Cost, and Scope   361
Project Management   361
The Five Project Management Processes   362
The Role of the Project Manager   365

The Ethical Factor: Code of Ethics for Project Managers   366

Project Management Software   366


Managing Time   366
Managing People and Resources   366
Managing Costs   367
Why Projects Succeed and Why They Fail   368
Why Do Projects Fail?   368
Success Factors for Project Management   368
Strategic Planning for Information Systems   369
Vision, Principles, and Policies   369
Project Portfolio Management   372
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity   374
Technology and Industry Trends   374
Planning for the Future: The Human Element   375
Cognitive Biases and Strategic Planning   376
The Black Swan   377
Online Simulation   379
Chapter Summary   380
Key Terms and Concepts   381
Chapter Review Questions   381
Projects and Discussion Questions   381
Application Exercises   382
EXCEL APPLICATION: Creating a Gantt Chart with Excel   382
ACCESS APPLICATION: Apprentice Project Managers   383
Case Study #1 Predicting the Future: Gartner’s Research Informs Strategic Planning   384
Case Study #2 JetBlue and WestJet: A Tale of Two Software Implementations   385
E-Project 1 Checking on Gartner’s Predictions   387
E-Project 2 Analyzing Airline Performance with Excel Pivot Tables   387
Chapter Notes   388

End-of-Book Comprehensive Case Studies   389

Case Study #1 Facebook and Instagram: Privacy Challenges   389

Case Study #2 Enabling the Sharing Economy: The Case of Uber Technologies   393

Case Study #3 Apple: Can the Company Pull Off Another Disruptive Innovation?   396

Case Study #4 Managing the Federal Government’s IT Project Portfolio   399

Glossary  403
Index  411

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Preface

What’s New in the 3rd Edition


The information systems field is fast-moving, and this 3rd edition features a number of new
trends that affect organizations around the world. All chapters and case studies have been
fully updated with current information and sources.
IS
Major new features include the following:
Extended coverage of the Internet of Things throughout, discussing the explosive
increase in connected devices and the data they manage
Updated Chapter 3 to introduce recent technologies and trends in enterprise architectures
Revised Chapters 6 and 7 to expand coverage of social media, social and mobile market-
ing, and digital analytics
Added several new case studies:
How eBay Scales Its Database Architecture with SQL and NoSQL (Chapter 4)
Salesforce.com: Taking CRM to the Cloud (Chapter 5)
LinkedIn: The Social Network and E-Marketplace for Professionals (Chapter 6)
Enabling the Sharing Economy: The Case of Uber Technologies (End-of-book com-
prehensive case)

Chapter-Specific Changes
CHAPTER 1: Information Systems and People
New key term introduces the Internet of Things, a subject that receives expanded atten-
tion in this edition
Updated tables showing social network usage
Updated table showing important MIS research topics
New information on Google’s Project Loon, to bring Internet access to developing coun-
tries
Updated information on recent data breaches
Updated case studies on Nasdaq and Twitter with current information and recent sources

CHAPTER 2: Information Systems and Strategy


Updated figure showing net profit margins of selected industries
New examples of recent disruptive innovations and strategic enablers, such as ride-
hailing services, 3-D printing, and self-driving vehicles
Improved figure illustrating cloud computing
Updated graphs showing average IT spending by industry and per employee
Updated cases on GameStop and net neutrality using current information and recent sources

CHAPTER 3: Information and Communications Technologies:


The Enterprise Architecture
Added infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) as new key
terms with discussion
Updated figures showing market share data for operating systems
Added recently released 802.11 standards to table

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“Portland, November 28, 1876.

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Deposit $10,000 to my credit with Kountz Brothers, Wall Street. Answer.

J. H. N. Patrick.

“I fully endorse this.

“James K. Kelly.”

Also the following:


“New York, November 25, 1876.

“A. Bush, Salem:

“Use all means to prevent certificate. Very important.

C. E. Tilton.”

Also the following:


“December 1, 1876.

“To Hon. Sam. J. Tilden, No. 15 Gramercy Park, New York:

“I shall decide every point in the case of post-office elector in favor of the highest
Democratic elector, and grant certificate accordingly on morning of 6th instant.
Confidential.

Governor.”

Also the following:


“San Francisco, December 5.

“Ladd & Bush, Salem:

“Funds from New York will be deposited to your credit here to-morrow when
bank opens. I know it. Act accordingly. Answer.

W. C. Griswold.”

Also the following, six days before the foregoing:


“New York, November 29, 1876.

“To J. H. N. Patrick, Portland, Oregon:

“Moral hasty sideral vizier gabble cramp by hemistic welcome licentiate


muskeete compassion neglectful recoverable hathouse live innovator brackish
association dime afar idolator session hemistic mitre.”

[No signature.]

Of which the interpretation is as follows:


“New York, November 29, 1876.

“To J. H. N. Patrick, Portland, Oregon:

“No. How soon will Governor decide certificate? If you make obligation
contingent on the result in March, it can be done, and slightly if necessary.”

[No signature.]

Also the following, one day later:


“Portland, November 30, 1876.
“To W. T. Pelton, No. 15 Gramercy Park, New York:

“Governor all right without reward. Will issue certificate Tuesday. This is a
secret. Republicans threaten if certificate issued to ignore Democratic claims and
fill vacancy, and thus defeat action of Governor. One elector must be paid to
recognize Democrat to secure majority. Have employed three lawyers, editor of
only Republican paper as one lawyer, fee $3,000. Will take $5,000 for Republican
elector; must raise money; can’t make fee contingent. Sail Saturday. Kelly and
Bellinger will act. Communicate with them. Must act promptly.”

[No signature].

Also the following:


“San Francisco, December 5, 1876.

“To Kountze Bros., No. 12 Wall St., New York:

“Has my account credit by any funds lately? How much?

“J. H. N. Patrick.”

Also the following:


“New York, December 6.

“J. H. N. Patrick, San Francisco:

“Davis deposited eight thousand dollars December first.

Kountze Bros.”

Also the following:


“San Francisco, December 6.

“To James K. Kelly:

“The eight deposited as directed this morning. Let no technicality prevent


winning. Use your discretion.”

[No signature.]

And the following:


“New York, December 6.
“Hon. Jas. K. Kelly:

“Is your matter certain? There must be no mistake. All depends on you. Place no
reliance on any favorable report from three southward. Sonetter. Answer quick.”

[No signature.]

Also the following:


“December 6, 1876.

“To Col. W. T. Pelton, 15 Gramercy Park, N. Y.:

“Glory to God! Hold on to the one vote in Oregon! I have one hundred thousand
men to back it up!

“Corse.”

And said committee is further directed to inquire into and bring to


light, so far as it may be possible, the entire correspondence and
conspiracy referred to in the above telegraphic despatches, and to
ascertain what were the relations existing between any of the parties
sending or receiving said despatches and W. T. Pelton, of New York,
and also what relations existed between said W. T. Pelton and
Samuel J. Tilden, of New York.
April 15, 1878, Mr. Kimmel introduced a bill, which was never
finally acted upon, to provide a mode for trying and determining by
the Supreme Court of the United States the title of the President and
Vice-President of the United States to take their respective offices
when their election to such offices is denied by one or more of the
States of the Union.
The question of the title of President was finally settled June 14,
1878, by the following report of the House Judiciary Committee:
Report of the Judiciary Committee.

June 14—Mr. Hartridge, from the Committee on the Judiciary,


made the following report:
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the bill
(H. R. No. 4315) and the resolutions of the Legislature of the State of
Maryland directing judicial proceedings to give effect to the electoral
vote of that State in the last election of President and Vice-President
of the United States, report back said bill and resolutions with a
recommendation that the bill do not pass.
Your committee are of the opinion that Congress has no power,
under the Constitution, to confer upon the Supreme Court of the
United States the original jurisdiction sought for it by this bill. The
only clause of the Constitution which could be plausibly invoked to
enable Congress to provide the legal machinery for the litigation
proposed, is that which gives the Supreme Court original jurisdiction
in “cases” or “controversies” between a State and the citizens of
another State. The committee are of the opinion that this expression
“cases” and “controversies” was not intended by the framers of the
Constitution to embrace an original proceeding by a State in the
Supreme Court of the United States to oust any incumbent from a
political office filled by the declaration and decision of the two
Houses of Congress clothed with the constitutional power to count
the electoral votes and decide as a final tribunal upon the election for
President and Vice-President. The Forty-fourth Congress selected a
commission to count the votes for President and Vice-President,
reserving to itself the right to ratify or reject such count, in the way
prescribed in the act creating such commission. By the joint action of
the two Houses it ratified the count made by the commission, and
thus made it the expression of its own judgment.
All the Departments of the Federal Government, all the State
governments in their relations to Federal authority, foreign nations,
the people of the United States, all the material interests and
industries of the country, have acquiesced in, and acted in
accordance with, the pronounced finding of that Congress. In the
opinion of this committee, the present Congress has no power to
undo the work of its predecessor in counting the electoral vote, or to
confer upon any judicial tribunal the right to pass upon and perhaps
set aside the action of that predecessor in reference to a purely
political question, the decision of which is confided by the
Constitution in Congress.
But apart from these fundamental objections to the bill under
consideration, there are features and provisions in it which are
entirely impracticable. Your committee can find no warrant of
authority to summon the chief justices of the supreme courts of the
several States to sit at Washington as a jury to try any case, however
grave and weighty may be its nature. The right to summon must
carry with it the power to enforce obedience to the mandate, and the
Committee can see no means by which the judicial officers of a State
can be compelled to assume the functions of jurors in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
There are other objections to the practical working of the bill
under consideration, to which we do not think it necessary to refer.
It may be true that the State of Maryland has been, in the late
election for President and Vice-President deprived of her just and
full weight in deciding who were legally chosen, by reason of frauds
perpetrated by returning boards in some of the States. It may also be
true that these fraudulent acts were countenanced or encouraged or
participated in by some who now enjoy high offices as the fruit of
such frauds. It is due to the present generation of the people of this
country and their posterity, and to the principles on which our
Government is founded, that all evidence tending to establish the
fact of such fraudulent practices should be calmly, carefully, and
rigorously examined.
But your committee are of the opinion that the consequence of
such examination, if it discloses guilt upon the part of any in high
official position, should not be an effort to set aside the judgment of a
former Congress as to the election of a President and Vice-President,
but should be confined to the punishment, by legal and
constitutional means, of the offenders, and to the preservation and
perpetuation of the evidences of their guilt, so that the American
people may be protected from a recurrence of the crime.
Your committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of the
accompanying resolution:
Resolved, That the two Houses of the Forty-fourth Congress
having counted the votes cast for President and Vice-President of the
United States, and having declared Rutherford B. Hayes to be elected
President, and William A. Wheeler to be elected Vice-President,
there is no power in any subsequent Congress to reverse that
declaration, nor can any such power be exercised by the courts of the
United States, or any other tribunal that Congress can create under
the Constitution.

We agree to the foregoing report so far as it states the reasons for


the resolution adopted by the committee, but dissent from the
concluding portion, as not having reference to such reasons, as not
pertinent to the inquiry before us, and as giving an implied sanction
to the propriety of the pending investigation ordered by a majority
vote of the House of Representatives, to which we were and are
opposed.

Wm. P. Frye.
O. D. Conger.
E. G. Lapham.

Leave was given to Mr. Knott to present his individual views, also
to Mr. Butler (the full committee consisting of Messrs. Knott,
Lynde, Harris, of Virginia, Hartridge, Stenger, McMahon,
Culberson, Frye, Butler, Conger, Lapham.)
The question being on the resolution reported by the committee, it
was agreed to—yeas 235, nays 14, not voting 42.
The Hayes Administration.

It can be truthfully said that from the very beginning the


administration of President Hayes had not the cordial support of the
Republican party, nor was it solidly opposed by the Democrats, as
was the last administration of General Grant. His early withdrawal of
the troops from the Southern States,—and it was this withdrawal and
the suggestion of it from the “visiting statesmen” which overthrew
the Packard government in Louisiana,—embittered the hostility of
many radical Republicans. Senator Conkling was conspicuous in his
opposition, as was Logan of Illinois; and when he reached
Washington, the younger Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania. It was
during this administration, and because of its conservative
tendencies, that these three leaders formed the purpose to bring
Grant again to the Presidency. Yet the Hayes administration was not
always conservative, and many Republicans believed that its
moderation had afforded a much needed breathing spell to the
country. Toward its close all became better satisfied, the radical
portion by the President’s later efforts to prevent the intimidation of
negro voters in the South, a form of intimidation which was now
accomplished by means of rifle clubs, still another advance from the
White League and the Ku Klux. He made this a leading feature in his
annual message to the Congress which began December 2d, 1878,
and by a virtual abandonment of his earlier policy he succeeded in
reuniting what were then fast separating wings of his own party. The
conference report on the Legislative Appropriation Bill was adopted
by both Houses June 18th, and approved the 21st. The Judicial
Expenses Bill was vetoed by the President June 23d, on the ground
that it would deprive him of the means of executing the election laws.
An attempt on the part of the Democrats to pass the Bill over the veto
failed for want of a two-thirds vote, the Republicans voting solidly
against it. June 26th the vetoed bill was divided, the second division
still forbidding the pay of deputy marshals at elections. This was
again vetoed, and the President sent a special message urging the
necessity of an appropriation to pay United States marshals. Bills
were accordingly introduced, but were defeated. This failure to
appropriate moneys called for continued until the end of the session.
The President was compelled, therefore, to call an extra session,
which he did March 19th, 1879, in words which briefly explain the
cause:—

THE EXTRA SESSION OF 1879.

“The failure of the last Congress to make the requisite


appropriation for legislative and judicial purposes, for the expenses
of the several executive departments of the Government, and for the
support of the Army, has made it necessary to call a special session of
the Forty-sixth Congress.
“The estimates of the appropriations needed, which were sent to
Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at the opening of the last
session, are renewed, and are herewith transmitted to both the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
“Regretting the existence of the emergency which requires a
special session of Congress at a time when it is the general judgment
of the country that the public welfare will be best promoted by
permanency in our legislation, and by peace and rest, I commend
these few necessary measures to your considerate attention.”
By this time both Houses were Democratic. In the Senate there
were 42 Democrats, 33 Republicans and 1 Independent (David
Davis). In the House 149 Democrats, 130 Republicans, and 14
Nationals—a name then assumed by the Greenbackers and Labor-
Reformers. The House passed the Warner Silver Bill, providing for
the unlimited coinage of silver, the Senate Finance Committee
refused to report it, the Chairman, Senator Bayard, having refused to
report it, and even after a request to do so from the Democratic
caucus,—a course of action which heralded him every where as a
“hard-money” Democrat.
The main business of the extra session was devoted to the
consideration of the Appropriation Bills which the regular session
had failed to pass. On all of these the Democrats added “riders” for
the purpose of destroying Federal supervision of the elections, and
all of these political riders were vetoed by President Hayes. The
discussions of the several measures and the vetoes were highly
exciting, and this excitement cemented afresh the Republicans, and
caused all of them to act in accord with the administration. The
Democrats were equally solid, while the Nationals divided—Forsythe,
Gillette, Kelley, Weaver, and Yocum generally voting with the
Republicans; De La Matyr, Stevenson, Ladd and Wright with the
Democrats.
President Hayes, in his veto of the Army Appropriation Bill, said:
“I have maturely considered the important questions presented by
the bill entitled ‘An Act making appropriations for the support of the
Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and for other
purposes,’ and I now return it to the House of Representatives, in
which it originated, with my objections to its approval.
“The bill provides, in the usual form, for the appropriations
required for the support of the Army during the next fiscal year. If it
contained no other provisions, it would receive my prompt approval.
It includes, however, further legislation, which, attached as it is to
appropriations which are requisite for the efficient performance of
some of the most necessary duties of the Government, involves
questions of the gravest character. The sixth section of the bill is
amendatory of the statute now in force in regard to the authority of
persons in the civil, military and naval service of the United States ‘at
the place where any general or special election is held in any State.’
This statute was adopted February 25, 1865, after a protracted
debate in the Senate, and almost without opposition in the House of
Representatives, by the concurrent votes of both of the leading
political parties of the country, and became a law by the approval of
President Lincoln. It was re-enacted in 1874 in the Revised Statutes
of the United States, sections 2002 and 5528.

“Upon the assembling of this Congress, in pursuance of a call for


an extra session, which was made necessary by the failure of the
Forty-fifth Congress to make the needful appropriations for the
support of the Government, the question was presented whether the
attempt made in the last Congress to engraft, by construction, a new
principle upon the Constitution should be persisted in or not. This
Congress has ample opportunity and time to pass the appropriation
bills, and also to enact any political measures which may be
determined upon in separate bills by the usual and orderly methods
of proceeding. But the majority of both Houses have deemed it wise
to adhere to the principles asserted and maintained in the last
Congress by the majority of the House of Representatives. That
principle is that the House of Representatives has the sole right to
originate bills for raising revenue, and therefore has the right to
withhold appropriations upon which the existence of the
Government may depend, unless the Senate and the President shall
give their assent to any legislation which the House may see fit to
attach to appropriation bills. To establish this principle is to make a
radical, dangerous, and unconstitutional change in the character of
our institutions. The various Departments of the Government, and
the Army and Navy, are established by the Constitution, or by laws
passed in pursuance thereof. Their duties are clearly defined, and
their support is carefully provided for by law. The money required
for this purpose has been collected from the people, and is now in the
Treasury, ready to be paid out as soon as the appropriation bills are
passed. Whether appropriations are made or not, the collection of
the taxes will go on. The public money will accumulate in the
Treasury. It was not the intention of the framers of the Constitution
that any single branch of the Government should have the power to
dictate conditions upon which this treasure should be applied to the
purpose for which it was collected. Any such intention, if it had been
entertained, would have been plainly expressed in the Constitution.”
The vote in the House on this Bill, notwithstanding the veto, was
148 for to 122 against—a party vote, save the division of the
Nationals, previously given. Not receiving a two-thirds vote, the Bill
failed.
The other appropriation bills with political riders shared the same
fate, as did the bill to prohibit military interference at elections, the
modification of the law touching supervisors and marshals at
congressional elections, etc. The debates on these measures were
bitterly partisan in their character, as a few quotations from the
Congressional Record will show:
The Republican view was succinctly and very eloquently stated by
General Garfield, when, in his speech of the 29th of March, 1879, he
said to the revolutionary Democratic House:
“The last act of Democratic domination in this Capitol, eighteen
years ago, was striking and dramatic, perhaps heroic. Then the
Democratic party said to the Republicans, ‘If you elect the man of
your choice as President of the United States we will shoot your
Government to death;’ and the people of this country, refusing to be
coerced by threats or violence, voted as they pleased, and lawfully
elected Abraham Lincoln President of the United States.
“Then your leaders, though holding a majority in the other branch
of Congress, were heroic enough to withdraw from their seats and
fling down the gage of mortal battle. We called it rebellion; but we
recognized it as courageous and manly to avow your purpose, take all
the risks, and fight it out on the open field. Notwithstanding your
utmost efforts to destroy it, the Government was saved. Year by year
since the war ended, those who resisted you have come to believe
that you have finally renounced your purpose to destroy, and are
willing to maintain the Government. In that belief you have been
permitted to return to power in the two Houses.
“To-day, after eighteen years of defeat, the book of your
domination is again opened, and your first act awakens every
unhappy memory and threatens to destroy the confidence which
your professions of patriotism inspired. You turned down a leaf of
the history that recorded your last act of power in 1861, and you have
now signalized your return to power by beginning a second chapter
at the same page; not this time by a heroic act that declares war on
the battle-field, but you say if all the legislative powers of the
Government do not consent to let you tear certain laws out of the
statute book, you will not shoot our Government to death as you
tried to do in the first chapter; but you declare that if we do not
consent against our will, if you cannot coerce an independent branch
of this Government against its will, to allow you to tear from the
statute books some laws put there by the will of the people, you will
starve the Government to death. [Great applause on the Republican
side.]
“Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know
that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if
successfully reached, would be death in either case. Gentlemen, you
have it in your power to kill this Government; you have it in your
power, by withholding these two bills, to smite the nerve-centres of
our Constitution with the paralysis of death; and you have declared
your purpose to do this, if you cannot break down that fundamental
element of free consent which up to this hour has always ruled in the
legislation of this Government.”
The Democratic view was ably given by Representative Tucker of
Virginia, April 3, 1879: “I tell you, gentlemen of the House of
Representatives, the Army dies on the 30th day of June, unless we
resuscitate it by legislation. And what is the question here on this
bill? Will you resuscitate the Army after the 30th of June, with the
power to use it as keepers of the polls? That is the question. It is not a
question of repeal. It is a question of re-enactment. If you do not
appropriate this money, there will be no Army after the 30th of June
to be used at the polls. The only way to secure an Army at the polls is
to appropriate the money. Will you appropriate the money for the
Army in order that they may be used at the polls? We say no, a
thousand times no. * * * The gentlemen on the other side say there
must be no coercion. Of whom? Of the President? But what right has
the President to coerce us? There may be coercion one way or the
other. He demands an unconditional supply. We say we will give
him no supply but upon conditions. * * * When, therefore, vicious
laws have fastened themselves upon the statute book which imperil
the liberty of the people, this House is bound to say it will
appropriate no money to give effect to such laws until and except
upon condition that they are repealed. [Applause on the Democratic
side.] * * * We will give him the Army on a single condition that it
shall never be used or be present at the polls when an election is held
for members of this House, or in any presidential election, or in any
State or municipal election. * * * Clothed thus with unquestioned
power, bound by clear duty, to expunge these vicious laws from the
statute book, following a constitutional method sanctioned by
venerable precedents in English history, we feel that we have the
undoubted right, and are beyond cavil in the right, in declaring that
with our grant of supply there must be a cessation of these
grievances, and we make these appropriations conditioned on
securing a free ballot and fair juries for our citizens.”
The Senate, July 1, passed the House bill placing quinine on the
free list.
The extra session finally passed the Appropriation bills without
riders, and adjourned July 1st, 1879, with the Republican party far
more firmly united than at the beginning of the Hayes
administration. The attempt on the part of the Democrats to pass
these political riders, and their threat, in the words of Garfield, who
had then succeeded Stevens and Blaine as the Republican
Commoner of the House, reawakened all the partisan animosities
which the administration of President Hayes had up to that time
allayed. Even the President caught its spirit, and plainly manifested
it in his veto messages. It was a losing battle to the Democrats, for
they had, with the view not to “starve the government,” to abandon
their position, and the temporary demoralization which followed
bridged over the questions pertaining to the title of President Hayes,
overshadowed the claims of Tilden, and caused the North to again
look with grave concern on the establishment of Democratic power.
If it had not been for this extra session, it is asserted and believed by
many, the Republicans could not have so soon gained control of the
lower House, which they did in the year following; and that the plan
to nominate General Hancock for the Presidency, which originated
with Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania, could not have otherwise
succeeded if Tilden’s cause had not been kept before his party,
unclouded by an extra session which was freighted with disaster to
the Democratic party.
The Negro Exodus.

During this summer political comment, long after adjournment,


was kept active by a great negro exodus from the South to the
Northwest, most of the emigrants going to Kansas. The Republicans
ascribed this to ill treatment, the Democrats to the operations of
railroad agents. The people of Kansas welcomed them, but other
States, save Indiana, were slow in their manifestations of hospitality,
and the exodus soon ceased for a time. It was renewed in South
Carolina in the winter of 1881–82, the design being to remove to
Arkansas, but at this writing it attracts comparatively little notice.
The Southern journals generally advise more liberal treatment of the
blacks in matters of education, labor contracts, etc., while none of the
Northern or Western States any longer make efforts to get the benefit
of their labor, if indeed they ever did.
Closing Hours of the Hayes Administration.

At the regular session of Congress, which met December 1st, 1879,


President Hayes advised Congress against any further legislation in
reference to coinage, and favored the retirement of the legal tenders.
The most important political action taken at this session was the
passage, for Congress was still Democratic, of a law to prevent the
use of the army to keep the peace at the polls. To this was added the
Garfield proviso, that it should not be construed to prevent the
Constitutional use of the army to suppress domestic violence in a
State—a proviso which in the view of the Republicans rid the bill of
material partisan objections, and it was therefore passed and
approved. The “political riders” were again added to the
Appropriation and Deficiency bills, but were again vetoed and failed
in this form to become laws. Upon these questions President Hayes
showed much firmness. During the session the Democratic
opposition to the General Election Law was greatly tempered, the
Supreme Court having made an important decision, which upheld its
constitutionality. Like all sessions under the administration of
President Hayes and since, nothing was done to provide permanent
and safe methods for completing the electoral count. On this
question each party seemed to be afraid of the other. The session
adjourned June 16th, 1880.
The second session of the 46th Congress began December 1st,
1880. The last annual message of President Hayes recommended the
earliest practicable retirement of the legal-tender notes, and the
maintenance of the present laws for the accumulation of a sinking
fund sufficient to extinguish the public debt within a limited period.
The laws against polygamy, he said, should be firmly and effectively
executed. In the course of a lengthy discussion of the civil service the
President declared that in his opinion “every citizen has an equal
right to the honor and profit of entering the public service of his
country. The only just ground of discrimination is the measure of
character and capacity he has to make that service most useful to the
people. Except in cases where, upon just and recognized principles,
as upon the theory of pensions, offices and promotions are bestowed
as rewards for past services, their bestowal upon any theory which
disregards personal merit is an act of injustice to the citizen, as well
as a breach of that trust subject to which the appointing power is
held. Considerable space was given in the Message to the condition
of the Indians, the President recommending the passage of a law
enabling the government to give Indians a title-fee, inalienable for
twenty-five years, to the farm lands assigned to them by allotment.
He also repeats the recommendation made in a former message that
a law be passed admitting the Indians who can give satisfactory proof
of having by their own labor supported their families for a number of
years, and who are willing to detach themselves from their tribal
relations, to the benefit of the Homestead Act, and authorizing the
government to grant them patents containing the same provision of
inalienability for a certain period.
The Senate, on the 19th, appointed a committee of five to
investigate the causes of the recent negro exodus from the South. On
the same day a committee was appointed by the House to examine
into the subject of an inter-oceanic ship-canal.
The payment of the award of the Halifax Fisheries Commission—
$5,500,000—to the British government was made by the American
minister in London, November 23, 1879, accompanied by a
communication protesting against the payment being understood as
an acquiescence in the result of the Commission “as furnishing any
just measure of the value of a participation by our citizens in the
inshore fisheries of the British Provinces.”
On the 17th of December 1879, gold was sold in New York at par. It
was first sold at a premium January 13, 1862. It reached its highest
rate, $2.85, July 11, 1864.
The electoral vote was counted without any partisan excitement or
disagreement. Georgia’s electoral college had met on the second
instead of the first Wednesday of December, as required by the
Federal law. She actually voted under her old Confederate law, but as
it could not change the result, both parties agreed to the count of the
vote of Georgia “in the alternative,” i. e.—“if the votes of Georgia
were counted the number of votes for A and B. for President and
Vice-President would be so many, and if the votes of Georgia were
not counted, the number of votes for A and B. for President and Vice-
President would be so many, and that in either case A and B are
elected.”
Among the bills not disposed of by this session were the electoral
count joint rule; the funding bill; the Irish relief bill; the Chinese
indemnity bill; to restrict Chinese immigration; to amend the
Constitution as to the election of President; to regulate the pay and
number of supervisors of election and special deputy marshals; to
abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; to prohibit military interference
at elections; to define the terms of office of the Chief Supervisors of
elections; for the appointment of a tariff commission; the political
assessment bill; the Kellogg-Spofford case; and the Fitz-John Porter
bill.
The regular appropriation bills were all completed. The total
amount appropriated was about $186,000,000. Among the special
sums voted were $30,000 for the centennial celebration of the
Yorktown victory, and $100,000 for a monument to commemorate
the same.
Congress adjourned March 3d, 1881, and President Hayes on the
following day retired from office. The effect of his administration
was, in a political sense, to strengthen a growing independent
sentiment in the ranks of the Republicans—an element more
conservative generally in its views than those represented by
Conkling and Blaine. This sentiment began with Bristow, who while
in the cabinet made a show of seeking out and punishing all
corruptions in government office or service. On this platform and
record he had contested with Hayes the honors of the Presidential
nominations, and while the latter was at the time believed to well
represent the same views, they were not urgently pressed during his
administration. Indeed, without the knowledge of Hayes, what is
believed to be a most gigantic “steal,” and which is now being
prosecuted under the name of the Star Route cases, had its birth, and
thrived so well that no important discovery was made until the
incoming of the Garfield administration. The Hayes administration,
it is now fashionable to say, made little impress for good or evil upon
the country, but impartial historians will give it the credit of

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