Franklin Pierce: “They do not admit that the sovereigns of one continent or of a particular community of states can legislate for all…”

Meanwhile negotiations have been instituted, by means of a special commission, to obtain from New Granada full indemnity for injuries sustained by our citizens on the Isthmus and satisfactory security for the general interests 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.

To us of this generation remains the not less noble task of maintaining and extending the national power.