Grover Cleveland

I also warn and admonish all persons against purchasing any part of said territory from any person or persons whomsoever.

I do hereby admonish and warn all persons,... against selling or disposing of, or attempting to sell or dispose of, any of said lands.

To ascertain the feasibility of establishing by international arrangement a fixity of rates between the two precious metals.

I commend its suggestions to the favorable attention of Congress.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the invitation from Her Britannic Majesty to this Government to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne in 1888 to celebrate the…

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a final protocol, signed at Paris on the 7th day of July, 1887, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the other powers parties to the…

The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the Government.

It is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice.

This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation multiplies a brood of evil consequences.

The public Treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a hoarding place for money needlessly withdrawn from trade and the people's use.

It will not do to neglect this situation because its dangers are not now palpably imminent and apparent.

No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the business of the people money held in the Treasury.

The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Government.

The necessity of combination to maintain the price of any commodity to the tariff point furnishes proof that someone is willing to accept lower prices for such commodity and that such prices are remunerative.

I do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 24th day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.

Any direction as to the final disposition of them should originate with Congress.

I request, therefore, that no further steps be taken in the matter except to examine and inventory these flags and adopt proper measures for their preservation.

the return of these flags is not authorized by existing law nor justified as an executive act

The history of each flag and the circumstances of its capture or recapture should be given.

the use and occupancy of the land in question be subject to such right, title, and interest as the Indians have in and to the same

The within request is approved and the reservation is made and proclaimed accordingly.

it be vacated whenever the interest of the Indians shall require it, upon notice to that effect to the Secretary of War.

This statue of a distinguished citizen, who in his life and services combined all these things and more, which challenge admiration in American character.

Monuments and statues multiply throughout the land, fittingly illustrative of the love and affection of our grateful people.

If from this hour our admiration for the bravery and nobility of American manhood and our faith in the possibilities and opportunities of American citizenship be renewed, the dedication of the statue to the people of the United States will…