Veto Message
07/30/1886
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The shocking features of the situation had been mitigated.
The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized.
We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it.
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behal...