“NO FOE CAN KILL AMERICA”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 April 1942, Page 5

“NO FOE CAN KILL AMERICA”

At what point shall we expect the | approach of danger'.' By what means Hall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some Translantic military giant t j step th i ocean and crush us " a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander. could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on th s Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then, is the approach danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we must live through all time, or die by suicide. (Lincoln’s address before the Young 'Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, 27th January, 1857.;