The skies have been for a time darkened by the cloud of war, but as we were compelled to take up the sword in the cause of humanity we are permitted to rejoice that the conflict has been of brief duration and the losses we have had to mourn, though grievous and important, have been so few, considering the great results accomplished, as to inspire us with gratitude and praise to the Lord of Hosts.
Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898
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The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.
In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens.
Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obligation resting with undiminished force upon the Executive and the Congress.
We are now at peace with the world, and it is my fervent prayer that if differences arise between us and other powers they may be settled by peaceful arbitration and that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war.
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