The Employment Situation: August 2003: Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Eighth Congress

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...nothing. At least I shall not purposely overstate anything. I hope I shall not inadvertently overstate anything. All I shall say is this--that the woeful engagement on the 30th of March distinctly showed that one party or both had, either through ill-will or unfortunate mishap, failed to fulfil the conditions of the engagement. We considered it to be, and we still consider it to be, the duty of both countries, and, above all I will say, for the honor of both countries, to examine how and by whose fault this calamity came about. I will have no foregone conclusion, I will not anticipate that we are in the right. Although I feel perfect confidence in the honor and intelligence of our officers, I will not now assume that they may not have been misled. I will prepare myself for the issue; and I will abide by it as far as I can in a spirit of impartiality. But what I say is this--that those who have caused such an engagement to fail, ought to become known to their own Government, and to the other contracting Government. I will not say that we are even now in possession of all the facts of the case. But we are in possession of many; and we are in possession of facts which create in our minds impressions unfavorable to the conduct of some of those who form the other party in these negotiations. However, I will not wilfully deviate from the strictest principles of justice in anticipating anything as to the ultimate issue of that fair inquiry which we are desirous of prosecuting, and endeavoring to prosecute. The cause of that deplorable collision may be uncertain. What is certain is that the attack was a Russian attack. Whose was the provocation is a matter of the utmost consequence. We only know that the attack was a Russian attack. We know that...