Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.

As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.

Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.