It is our duty so to treat them that our flag may be no less beloved in the mountains of Luzon and the fertile zones of Mindanao and Negros than it is at home, that there as here it shall be the revered symbol of liberty, enlightenment, and progress in every avenue of development.
McKinley emphasizes the importance of the American flag as a symbol of liberty and progress in the Philippines.
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Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.
It became inevitable; and the Congress at its first regular session, without party division, provided money in anticipation of the crisis and in preparation to meet it.
Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses of the Government.
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of February 19, 1901.
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