Ben Harrison: “The purchase shall not be complete until ratified by Congress, and the form and manner of executing such release shall…”

A serious question would be raised as to whether these officers were not at once legislated out of office and vacancies created.

I believe we have reached an epoch in our development when we may successfully begin the work of carrying our share of the world's commerce upon the seas.

But the most serious objection to the legislation is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish…

I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Acting Secretary of State, forwarding certain bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics.