Whitelaw Reid: “You can work your will upon us; but men do not forget things seared into their hearts.”

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

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

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

These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.