Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I do not suppose that it was intended by the Congress to entirely relieve these sureties if a condition exists such as is above set out, which results in an indebtedness to the Government."

"I think it will hardly be claimed that the patient investigation of the accounting officers should be lightly discredited in this case."

"It seems to be the opinion of all the officers of the Government who have examined the matter at all that a debt exists in favor of the Government upon this bond."

"I can not put out of mind the soldiers in this condition who were privates in the ranks."