THE NATION: Promissory Note

At the first clear news which came out of the pandemonium of Philadelphia this week, the U.S. took heart and hope. So did the anxious world. For the big news from Philadelphia was that the Republican Party, which already controlled Congress and by all the signs would soon have the presidency as well, would not retreat from internationalism.

The Collateral. The promise was both explicit and implicit in the party's platform (see below). It rang through the oratory of the opening days. It even boomed out from Keynoter Dwight Green, the governor of Illinois, who in the past had faithfully followed...

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