Special Message
02/28/1893
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It was given in a generous spirit, and I think the result of it has been that our relations with that brave people, whose history is so full...
I have felt that it was not only essential as a matter of national defense, but that there was a prestige and influence for peace and good n...
International intercourse must always proceed upon the basis of mutual respect and a yielding of mutual right.
I have felt great interest and enthusiasm in the rebuilding of the American Navy.