Whitelaw Reid: “The simple truth is, they stand ready to claim everything, if permitted, and to accept anything, if required.”

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

But proofs were not wanting of the spirit in which, to the very last, the conflict against the Government had been waged.

I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.

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.