Veto Message
02/25/1889
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The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensab...
It is quite plain that in fairness and justice no appropriation should be made in favor of the claimant.
The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized.
This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.