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 | Rhode Island - Law - 1844 - 612 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ? 'Tis our... | |
 | M. Sears - Statesmen - 1844 - 582 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, 'as our interest, guided...interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Enrope, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor,... | |
 | M. Sears - Statesmen - 1844 - 596 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ;... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1844 - 468 pages
...not lightly hazard the giving ns provocations ; when we may choose peace or war, as our hi- . terest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a ' i nn I i. in ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our' destiny... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice ? "Tis our... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1846 - 334 pages
...lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided hy justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour, or caprice. It is our... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Law - 1846 - 240 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation : when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation 1 Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 Why, by interweaving vour destiny with that of any... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 766 pages
...own altars and firesides, to take an attitude which would cause our neutrality to be respected, and choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. The acceptance of this invitation, therefore, far from conflicting with the counsel or the policy of... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ? It is our... | |
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