Whitelaw Reid: “Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll…”

That would be “jumping from the frying-pan into the fire,” indeed.

We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.

You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.

I asked the old man what he wanted to learn to read for.