 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1904 - 352 pages
...quoted: which her quiet and prosperity is intimately connected. I mean the protection of the seacoast of the United States. This has hitherto been left...endanger the peace of the Union, for it is certain that an insult offered on this (and there is nothing to prevent it) how ever immaterialy it may be in its... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1904 - 336 pages
...quoted: which her quiet and prosperity is intimately connected. I mean the protection of the seacoast of the United States. This has hitherto been left...endanger the peace of the Union, for it is certain that an insult offered on this (and there is nothing to prevent it) how ever immaterialy it may be in. its... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1908 - 476 pages
...in which her quiet and prosperity are intimately connected — I mean the protection of the seacoast of the United States — this has hitherto been left...offered on that side (and there is nothing to prevent), however immaterial it might be in its local effect, would degrade the nation and do more injury to... | |
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And now that I am addressing your Excellency I will avail myself of the occasion to call to your attention an object of at least equal importance to the dignity of the Nation, and in which her quiet and prosperity is intimately connected I mean the protection... 