They Influence him because of The descendant of French Protestant refugees who came to New York in the late seventeenth century, Jay began a distinguished career in national politics with his election to the First Continental Congress in 1774. A lawyer by training and a cautious politician by temperament, Jay was one of a group of moderate delegates who resisted independence until all hopes for reconciliation with Britain were gone. In the New York provincial convention in 1777, Jay was the principal author of a state constitution that limited legislative domination of government far more effectively than the charters that had just been written in other states.
The second last sentence of the first paragraph is the key message conveying Lincoln's view that war was forced for the protection of the nation.
"<span>Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish."</span>
The Cash and Carry Policy was all of the items purchased had to be paid with cash and then shipped from the United States on the buyers on personal ships. President Roosevelt got around the cash and carry requirement when Britain couldn't meet the terms anymore by creating the "Land-Lease Act." This allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any country that was considered a vital asset to the defense of the United States.
2, the Germans were the enemy and Japan fought against them with us
