Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"If the claim is just its allowance has already been too long delayed."

"Whatever is done in this case will of course become in some sense a precedent in the cases yet to be dealt with."

"The purchase shall not be complete until ratified by Congress, and the form and manner of executing such release shall also be prescribed by Congress."

"This agreement involves a departure from the terms of the general allotment act in at least one important particular."