Since, however, it is apparent that here, as in every other state, foreign dangers necessarily attend domestic difficulties, I recommend that adequate and ample measures be adopted for maintaining the public defenses on every side.
Lincoln recommends measures to strengthen national defenses in light of foreign threats.
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