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And we might be as independent, flourishing and happy a colony as any in the British Dominions.
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Hoar expresses a vision of independence and prosperity for the colonies within the British Empire.
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When the treaty was signed, the struggle began between freedom and slavery for the control of this imperial domain.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
The large majority was made up of sensible, strong-headed country farmers, rather slow in making up their minds, but making them up always on considerations of what was best for the Commonwealth.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
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