1895 State of the Union Address

{{short description|Address by US president Grover Cleveland}}

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The 1895 State of the Union Address was written by Grover Cleveland. It was presented on Monday, December 2, 1895, to both houses of the 54th United States Congress. He said, "Although but one American citizen was reported to have been actually wounded, and although the destruction of property may have fallen more heavily upon the missionaries of other nationalities than our own, it plainly behooved this Government to take the most prompt and decided action to guard against similar or perhaps more dreadful calamities befalling the hundreds of American mission stations which have grown up throughout the interior of China under the temperate rule of toleration, custom, and imperial edict.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-grover-cleveland-december-2-1895|title=State of the Union Address: Grover Cleveland (December 2, 1895)|website=www.infoplease.com}}

In foreign policy, the President mentions the end of the First Sino-Japanese War and the importance of the new government in China to guard the various American mission stations in China. Additionally, the President mentions the opening of the new Kiel Canal in Germany, in the presence of the US Navy.

A large portion of the address is dedicated to monetary policy, the President supported the gold standard.{{Cite web |title=Annual Message to Congress (1895) |url=https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-95/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Teaching American History |language=en-US}}