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England, the great power upon which we may
reckon always as an ally. Most of the
remaining countries, on the other hand, require our
merchant fleet.
Since, now, we could not of course defend
our merchant service in a war, and other and
greater nations may be jeopardized as much
as we, it may be assumed that they would
be willing, through the neutralization of
Scandinavia, to secure its fleet against the
eventualities of war.
If we add such interests as affect trade and
credit, civilization and humanity, to the political
interests, it appears that we may plead on
grounds of strong probability that the great
powers would be willing to guarantee our
neutrality.
According to the second objection, the
country would gain no security from a
guaranteed neutrality, even if, contrary to expectation,
such could be obtained.
Perfect safety cannot be attained here on
earth by any system. This is as true for
nations as for individuals; but I believe that
a neutrality thus guaranteed would be a strong
protection to our national independence, whilst
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