I have given instructions to the Secretary of the Treasury to examine the subject of the duties and taxes imposed by Spa...
Private property, whether belonging to individuals or corporations, is to be respected, and can be confiscated only as h...
You are therefore instructed to examine the existing Spanish laws in relation to duties and taxes.
The freedom of the people to pursue their accustomed occupations will he abridged only when it may be necessary to do so...
It is held to be the right to levy contributions upon the enemy in all places which may be in military possession by con...
The destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila, followed by the taking of the naval station at Cavite, the paroling of t...
Your report is desired in order that I may be able to give the proper directions to the Department of War and of the Nav...
For these reasons I am constrained to withhold my approval from this bill.
I fail to see any reason in the facts connected with these claims for granting to these parties relief of this extraordi...
To permit such an action to be brought now is simply, without any reason of a special nature, to grant a privilege to th...
The Government can only defend itself against claims of this nature through its public officers and with the use of such...
The magnitude of this victory can hardly be measured by the ordinary standard of naval warfare.
Promptly obeying that order, the United States squadron, consisting of the flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Boston,...
I now recommend that, following our national precedents and expressing the fervent gratitude of every patriotic heart, t...
Feeling as our people feel, and speaking in their name, I at once sent a message to Commodore Dewey thanking him and his...
by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and the laws, and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have tho...
Neutral vessels lying in any of said ports at the time of the establishment of such blockade will be allowed thirty days...
I, William McKinley, President of the United States, in order to enforce the said resolution, do hereby declare and proc...
