We got it mostly by force and fraud, by driving out of it through firearms and plots people who certainly were there first and who were weaker than ourselves.

Our reason was simply that we wanted it and intended to have it.

That is precisely what England has done.

She has by various means not one whit better or worse than ours, acquired her possessions in various parts of the world because they were necessary to her safety and welfare, just as this continent was necessary to our safety and welfare.

Moreover, the pressure upon her, her necessity for self-preservation, was far more urgent than was the pressure upon us.