We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been...
Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.
We have avoided the temptations of conquest in the spirit of gain.
In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example.
One of the great laws of life is progress.
Right action follows right purpose.
Peace, with whose blessings we have been so singularly favored, is the national desire and the goal of every American as...
The problems will not be solved in a day.
We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted.
Who will dim the splendor of their achievements!
No deliberation can be too mature, or self-control too constant, in this solemn hour of our history.
It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges.
I put upon you no limit to the scope of your investigation.
The records of the War Department and the assistance of its officers shall be subject to your call.
I cannot impress upon you too strongly my wish that your investigation shall be so thorough and complete that your repor...
If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape conviction and punishment.
Receive for yourself and for the officers, sailors, and marines of your command my thanks and congratulations and those ...
In my own behalf and for the nation I extend to you and the officers and men of your command sincere thanks and congratu...
