05/27/1886
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"It is perfectly clear that the only pretexts for giving this claimant a pension are military service, old age, and poverty."
"I do not understand that the Congress intends to pass special acts in cases thus situated."
"The report is interesting alike to the people of the United States and to the subjects of Russia."
"No convention whatever has been 'agreed to and ratified' by 'the President and Senate.'"