12/05/1886
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"The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized."
"Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behalf."
"We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it."
"This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."