Message to the Senate
05/18/1900
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There is no legal obligation on the part of the United States, and no promise, express or implied, for the payment of su...
Considering it a matter entirely between that gentleman and his tenants, Messrs. Gardiner and Atkinson, I at that time r...
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.
The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.