Rutherford Hayes actually said...

"The improvement contemplated is essential to the health of those who reside, whether permanently or temporarily, at the capital, and to the safe and convenient navigation of the waters in its vicinity..."

"The capital of the nation should be relieved from every disadvantage which it is practicable to remove, and should possess every attraction with which it can be invested by the intelligent and fosteri..."

"The great revival of trade, internal and foreign, will supply during the coming year its own instructions."

"I earnestly appeal to the intelligence and patriotism of all good citizens of every part of the country."