The correct answer is civil disobedience
Because that was there best chance to gain a profit and there was fresh new oil under the water<span />
The fearful trip is all about the journey of America during the Civil War. Whitman used this phrase as a figure of speech to express their experience during the war. The poem was dedicated to Abraham Lincoln after his death.
With the French and Indian war over, many colonists saw no need for the soilders to be station in the colonies