The condition of the colored man within our borders may become a source of anxiety, to say the least.

But he was brought to our shores by compulsion, and he now should be considered as having as good a right to remain here as any other class of our citizens.

It was looking to a settlement of this question that led me to urge the annexation of Santo Domingo during the time I was President of the United States.
Santo Domingo was freely offered to us, not only by the administration, but by all the people, almost without price.

The island is upon our shores, is very fertile, and is capable of supporting fifteen millions of people.

The products of the soil are so valuable that labor in her fields would be so compensated as to enable those who wished to go there to quickly repay the cost of their passage.