 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 Seiten
...us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand on foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...wars, and to the enjoyment of all the great advantages of that relation. " Why, then," he asks us, " why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" Indeed, Gentlemen, Washington's Farewell Address is full of truths important at all times, and particularly... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - 1853 - 354 Seiten
...[ 9T ] ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by [98] justice shall counsel. — Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice ? — 'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, [ " ] with any... | |
 | William L. Hickey - 1853 - 588 Seiten
...interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation 1 ! Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why,...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice 1 It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world... | |
 | William Hickey - 1854 - 590 Seiten
...us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice 1 It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 Seiten
...wars, and to the enjoyment of all the great advantages of that relation. " Why, then," he asks us, " why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice ? " Indeed, Gentlemen, Washington's Farewell Address is full of truths important at all times, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 Seiten
...wars, and to the enjoyment of all the great advantages of that relation, " Why, then," he asks us, " why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" Indeed, gentlemen, Washington's Farewell Address is full of truths important at all times, and particularly... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - 1854 - 1012 Seiten
...provocation— when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 554 Seiten
...European wars, and to the enjoyment of all the great advantages of that relation. "Why, then," he asks us, "why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity... | |
 | 1854 - 576 Seiten
...us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, aa our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand on foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our... | |
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Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest,... 
