. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . s One Hundred Years Ago. ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or theordinary combinations and collisions of her friend-ships or enmities. . Our detached and distant situa-tion invites and enables us to pursue a different we remain one people, under an efficient government,the period is not far off when we may defy materialinjury from external annoyance ; when we may take suchan attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at anytime resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; whenbelligerent nations, u
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . s One Hundred Years Ago. ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or theordinary combinations and collisions of her friend-ships or enmities. . Our detached and distant situa-tion invites and enables us to pursue a different we remain one people, under an efficient government,the period is not far off when we may defy materialinjury from external annoyance ; when we may take suchan attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at anytime resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; whenbelligerent nations, under the impossibility of making ac-quisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving usprovocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as ourinterest, guided by Justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situa-tion ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ?Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any partof Europe entangle our peace and prosperity in the toilsof European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, orcaprice ?.
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