Whitelaw Reid: “Never was there a problem more serious or difficult than that which is now before the Nation, as to this race, whose…”

And next, shall we not probably fare best in the end if we try to profit somewhat by the experience others have had in like cases?

Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.