Gentlemen on the Committee on Naval Affairs of this House do not. in my judgment. rightly understand this House. therefore. when they claim that the reason for our not undertaking to build up a navy lies in the prohibition imposed by the rules of the touse. There is no want of an ample navy for this country situated as we are here. Our great strength lies not in our Army nor in our Navy. but it lies in our situation. it lies in our great prosperity. in our vast territory. in the increase of our population. natural and by immigration. and in the vast resources which afford business channels for all of our people. In all of these consists our defense. and no nation on this earth dares. in view of the resources at our command. wantonly to offer us an insult. But we are constantly. as I have said. having reflections of this sort made.
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