Artikel ini menganalisis perkembangan ekonomi liberal dalam kegiatan perdagangan bebas di Negeri-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu (NNMB) sebelum Perang Dunia Pertama. Pendekatan neomerkantilisme digunakan untuk meneliti peranan kerajaan yang bersifat ‘protective’dalam memusatkan pentadbiran dan penggubalan dasar berkaitan pembangunan perdagangan antarabangsa. Galakan terhadap eksport perdagangan, pembentukaan sistem tarif dan tumpuan pengumpulan surplus merupakan analisis penting neomerkantilisme dalam mengukur sumber kekayaan negara. Perubahan reformasi tarif yang berlaku di Britain secara tidak langsung mempengaruhi perubahan dasar ekonomi di Pejabat Tanah Jajahan menjelang awal abad ke-20. Kerajaan Britain menggunakan ‘imperial preference’sebagai langkah untuk melindungi kepentingan perdagangannya di tanah jajahan. Dasar ekonomi yang bersifat liberal amat diperlukan oleh Britain bagi mengatasi masalah perdagangan bebas yang menerima persaingan yang hebat daripada blok neomerkantilisme, khususnya Amerika Syarikat dan Jerman pada awal abad ke-20
sense of community and equality of all people
Answer:
That they are friends and not enemies. And they must not be enemies
Explanation:
Following the victory of Abraham Lincoln as the President of the United States in 1860. There were widespread worries, most especially among the Southern states.
The worry was based on the fact that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and he could threaten their hold on slavery use. Starting with South Carolina the first state to declare itself out of the union. South Carolina's actions were followed by another Six States.
This forced Abraham Lincoln to deal with the issue in his first inaugural address. He listed various reasons for the states not to secede.
However, Lincoln’s strongest argument as to why the South should not "that they are friends and not enemies. And they must not be enemies."
This was evident in the last paragraph of the address, where it was stated that "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection..."
