All questions arising in the administration of customs in the islands shall be referred to the collector of the islands at the chief port fo...
To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the report of the Hawaiian Commission appoin...
The fullest suggestions are invited.
When these islands shall be ceded to us, it is his desire that peace and tranquillity shall be restored and as kind and beneficent a governm...
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim, a...
Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.
I do therefore invite all my fellow-citizens, as well those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands as those at home, to set apart ...
We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been improved and streng...
We may laud and magnify His holy name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both sides the countless sorrows and disast...
The skies have been for a time darkened by the cloud of war, but as we were compelled to take up the sword in the cause of humanity we are p...
We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted.
In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example.
Right action follows right purpose.
No deliberation can be too mature, or self-control too constant, in this solemn hour of our history.
We have avoided the temptations of conquest in the spirit of gain.
Who will dim the splendor of their achievements!
Peace, with whose blessings we have been so singularly favored, is the national desire and the goal of every American aspiration.
The problems will not be solved in a day.
