The wide seas which separate us from other Governments must of necessity be the theater on which an enemy will aim to assail us, and unless we are prepared to meet him on this element we can not be said to possess the power requisite to repel or prevent aggressions.
Jackson warns that the seas are likely targets for enemy attacks and stresses the need for naval preparedness.
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