LAD #18 McKinley's War Message

Mckinley's War Message was a speech given by McKinley which summarized why he believed the war in Cuba was a great concern for America. He pointed out that war was a nuisance to American citizens as it had been going on for over half a century. Furthermore enormous amounts of money had been spent on the war. Ultimately McKinley states that without a decisive victory, neither opposing side will gain the upper hand and come out victorious in the final outcome of the war.
McKinley states that the two options are to either pick a side or approach the war as neutral. McKinley feels that the conflict is upsetting trade and neutrality would help. He feels that the deaths and causalities and other various humanitarian issues are the entire world's problems and there are already enough interfering neighboring countries that are causing useless bloodshed. Finally McKinley reminds America of the sinking of the U.S.S Maine and states that it's time for Congress to declare war if they feel it's necessary to do so. McKinley also stated that Spain was expected to reach an armistice in cooperation with Americans.