Franklin Pierce: “Each solemnly bound itself to all the others neither to undertake nor permit any encroachment upon or intermeddling with…”

If a measure so extraordinary in its character and so clearly contrary to treaty stipulations and the contract rights of the Panama Railroad Company, composed mostly of American citizens, should be persisted in, it will be the duty of the…

Our forefathers were trained to the wisdom which conceived and the courage which achieved independence by the circumstances which surrounded them, and they were thus made capable of the creation of the Republic.

The aggressive capacity of great naval powers would be thereby augmented, while the defensive ability of others would be reduced.

I caused full investigation of that event to be made, and the result shows satisfactorily that complete responsibility for what occurred attaches to the Government of New Granada.