A prophet is generally without honor in his own country, and it is not surprising that there should be other places in the United States where they have more confidence in President Johnson than at Knoxville.
Reid reflects on the lack of recognition for President Johnson in his own region compared to elsewhere in the country.
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And it is both natural and right that colored Americans, entitled to the rights of citizens, should claim their exercise.
Ordinarily the simple performance of duty is so blessed of God, that men who live in the doing of it, are the best off, in all respects, even in this world.
It has proved, also, that universal suffrage is the surest guarantee and most powerful stimulus of individual, social and political progress.