Or is it some refugee from a foreign country he was discontented with, who now finds pleasure in disparaging the capacity of the new country he came to, while he has neither caught its spirit nor grasped the meaning of its history?
Reid contrasts the perspectives of immigrants who disparage America with those who embrace its history.
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The people have generally more education and refinement than in other parts of the State; their public improvements are better, and their country is every way more attractive.
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
I asked the old man what he wanted to learn to read for.
Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.