This limitation is, I am sure, unwise, and necessarily involves in such a case as that now presented undue haste and even indelicacy.
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We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of the naval art, one of the best on any sea.
The provisional treaty, it will be observed, does not attempt to deal in detail with the questions that grow out of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
It gives me pleasure to consummate here to-day, by the act of lifting this flag, the efforts in support of a principle to which I give my hearty support.
I transmit herewith a report submitted by the Acting Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the Senate of February 2 last, relating to the building of the Ozama River bridge at Santo Domingo City by American citizens.





