Ben Harrison: “We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of the naval art, one of the best on any sea.”

That event is interesting in itself, but its interest to me is in the fact that this ship is the type and precursor of many others.

Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.

The statutes relating to the transportation of merchandise between the United States and the British possessions should be the subject of revision

I felt that the honor of our country and of the Navy had been touched, and that nothing was left to us but, in a quiet and dignified and yet firm way, to insist upon suitable redress.