Whitelaw Reid: “The Presidential idea was as baneful in Rebeldom, as it has proved to so many Northern statesmen, and Vance was…”

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.

Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.

Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?