Benjamin Harrison actually said...

I suggest that in the bill itself, or by a separate joint resolution, suitable expression be given of the public appreciation of this crowni...

There can be no occasion to urge upon Congress the immediate enactment of a suitable law to carry into effect the patriotic purpose expresse...

I have endeavored to hold up the law as the one single admissible rule of conduct for good citizens.

I have felt the reproach which lawlessness has brought upon some of our communities.