Second Annual Message
12/01/1878
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I recommend to Congress the adoption of these measures
An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlanti...
It is respectfully submitted to the House of Representatives, recommending speedy and favorable consideration.
The stipulations of this agreement appear to me so reasonable and just and the object to be accomplished by its executio...