William McKinley actually said...

We may laud and magnify His holy name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both sides the countless sorrows and disast...

Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.

I do therefore invite all my fellow-citizens, as well those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands as those at home, to set apart ...

Right action follows right purpose.