Ben Harrison: “Let us not forget that as good citizens and good patriots it is our duty always to obey the law, and to give it our…”

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.

Only two courses are now open--one the establishment of a protectorate by the United States, and the other annexation full and complete.

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

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 of martial achievements and prowess, as well as with the sister Republics of South America, are…