Benjamin Harrison actually said...

I transmit herewith a communication of the 13th instant from the Secretary of the Interior

International intercourse must always proceed upon the basis of mutual respect and a yielding of mutual right.

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...

I have felt great interest and enthusiasm in the rebuilding of the American Navy.