"Few men in this country have filled more important and and more distinguished public positions than Mr. Hamlin."
"The President, with a profound feeling of sorrow, announces the death of Hannibal Hamlin."
"In recognition of his many eminent and varied services and as an expression of the great respect and reverence which are felt for his memory it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-m..."
"Whereas it is also provided by said section that \the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time a..."
"Her Majesty's Government will prohibit until May next seal killing in that part of Bering Sea lying eastward of the line of demarcation described in article No. 1 of the treaty of 1867 between the Uni..."
"The United States Government will prohibit seal killing for the same period in the same part of Bering Sea and on the shores and islands thereof the property of the United States (in excess of 7,500 t..."
"In order to facilitate such proper inquiries as Her Majesty's Government may desire to make with a view to the presentation of the case of that Government before arbitrators, and in expectation that a..."
"Every vessel or person offending against this prohibition in the said waters of Bering Sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits of the United States may be seized and detained by the naval or ot..."
"I have neither the strength nor the voice adequate to any extended speech to-day."
"It gives me special pleasure to combine with that tribute, which I have usually been able to pay since this day was instituted, to the dead of all our armies, a special mark of respect to that great s..."
"I have recently returned from an extended tour of the States, and nothing so impressed and so refreshened me as the universal display of this banner of beauty and glory."
"It was as if heaven was approving the human liberty and human equality typified by that flag."