Comprehensive national policy would seem to sanction the acquisition and incorporation into our Federal Union of the several adjacent continental and insular communities as speedily as it can be done peacefully, lawfully, and without any violation of national justice, faith, or honor.
Johnson advocates for a national policy to peacefully acquire neighboring territories to strengthen the Union.
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