These results, it is true, could not have been attained without Government encouragement and direction; but surely no better way of dispensing charity was ever devised than to make the destitute earn it for themselves, and pay back the advances furnished them.
Reid argues that government support helped destitute individuals earn their own way, rather than simply receiving charity.
Share
More from Whitelaw Reid
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.
Will you take peace without territory and preserve the integrity of the Constitution of the country?...
Let those who invoke the Supreme Law of the land learn and bow to it.