"I would not suggest that an appeal should be allowed in all cases."
"The position taken by this Government, as expressed in my previous communication to the Senate, that the canal tolls and regulations of which complaint has been made are in violation of our treaty wit..."
"There can be no doubt that a serious discrimination against our citizens and our commerce exists, and quite as little doubt that this discrimination is not the incident but the purpose of the Canadian..."
"It has not seemed to me that this was a case in which we could yield to the suggestion of further concessions on the part of the United States with a view to securing treaty rights for which a conside..."
"To the Senate:In response to the resolution of the Senate dated April 6, 1892, directing the Secretary of State to send to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, copies of all comm..."
"I transmit herewith the report of the Acting Secretary of State on the matter."
"You have met a great occasion greatly."
"I have never seen anywhere a more magnificent expression of patriotism than I have witnessed here."
"What can shake our sure repose?"
"War is not attractive to our people."
"We are happy in our great national isolation."
"We do not push our trade by the bayonet."