An end would be answered if you and others could be induced to believe that in 1859 I had so construed the Constitution as to justify President McKinley in governing the Philippine Islands as though the Constitution of the United States did not exist.
Boutwell addresses misconceptions about his constitutional interpretations regarding governance in the Philippines.
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I cannot imagine that in a hundred years this anniversary, in its organization and conduct, will be thought worthy of imitation.
My object was to make the loan more negotiable in Europe and thus to extend the demand, and consequently, to increase the value of our securities.
I hope it is not necessary in this day and this hour of the Republic to argue anywhere that a property qualification is not only unjust in itself, but that it is odious to the people of the country to a degree which cannot be expressed.
General Grant had no disposition to usurp power.
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