Whitelaw Reid: “They had been offered an inch; they were soon to be seen clamorous for ells.”

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

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

It will make an end forever of Spain in this hemisphere.

Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.