The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may require the adoption of measures of restriction, but they should not tolerate the oppression of individuals of a special race.
Second Annual Message (first term)
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We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it.
I am constrained to withhold my approval of the bill under consideration.
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behalf.
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