07/05/1886
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"I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d (21st) of December last, touching affairs in Madagascar."
"The direct tax levied in 1861 is not even suspected of invalidity."
"It will hardly do to say that the States and Territories who are the recipients of these large gifts may be trusted to do justice to its citizens."
"I regard the cause of civil service reform as so firmly established and its value so fully demonstrated."