Whitelaw Reid: “Because they are helpless and needy and on our hands, must we take them into partnership?”

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?

But, in the main, they are surprisingly orderly, and cases of serious violence among them are quite rare.

We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.