Russia is 4.700 miles away. and Japan 4.500 miles away. while China is 5.500 miles from our coast. Take these islands into the Union and you will remove other nations far from our door and insure more permanent peace and security. It was upon this theory that the old seers and prophets advocated annexation of contiguous territory as a peace proposition. but it has been said by some opposed to annexation that the population is undesirable. possibly that may be so. but the same argument was used against the admission of California and Texas into the Union. but the undesirable element in both States was soon lost sight of in the sturdy immigration that stable government attracted. and so it will be with these islands. Strengthened by absorption into the Union. they will become attractive and inviting fields to American enterprise. The strategical importance of the islands has been attested by scientific. military. and naval experts without number. while the ripe testimony of Mahan.
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The population is undesirable.