Whitelaw Reid: “The American Commissioners pronounced it alike repugnant to common sense and menacing to liberty and civilization.”

The question about the slaves being self-supporting, is a question no longer.

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.

Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.

Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.