Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"Special Customs Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by adding to the places excepted from examination at the port of New York the following:Office of the General Appraiser: Chief clerk and law clerk."

"No obstacle is believed to exist that can long postpone the consideration and adjustment of the still pending questions upon satisfactory and honorable terms."

"Our people will await with interest and confidence the results to flow from so auspicious a meeting of allied and in large part identical interests."

"The security of our coast cities against foreign attacks should not rest altogether in the friendly disposition of other nations."