Book Excerpt: ize, what few at least say, that, despite its great surplusrevenue, this country is poor in proportion to its length of seaboardand its exposed points. That which I deplore, and which is a sober, just, and reasonable cause of deep national concern, is that the nationneither has nor cares to have its sea frontier so defended, and itsnavy of such power, as shall suffice, with the advantages of ourposition, to weigh seriously when inevitable discussions arise, --suchas we have recently had about Samoa and Bering ...
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Book Excerpt: ize, what few at least say, that, despite its great surplusrevenue, this country is poor in proportion to its length of seaboardand its exposed points. That which I deplore, and which is a sober, just, and reasonable cause of deep national concern, is that the nationneither has nor cares to have its sea frontier so defended, and itsnavy of such power, as shall suffice, with the advantages of ourposition, to weigh seriously when inevitable discussions arise, --suchas we have recently had about Samoa and Bering Sea, and which may atany moment come up about the Caribbean Sea or the canal. Is the UnitedStates, for instance, prepared to allow Germany to acquire the Dutchstronghold of Cura???ao, fronting the Atlantic outlet of both theproposed canals of Panama and Nicaragua? Is she prepared to acquiescein any foreign power purchasing from Haiti a naval station on theWindward Passage, through which pass our steamer routes to the Isthmus?Would she acquiesce in a foreign protectorate over the SandwichIslandRead More
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