It is to have a premium, whether successful or not; for it is thus relieved, even in defeat, from the penalty which modern practice in the interest of civilization requires--the payment of an indemnity for the cost of an unjust war.
Reid discusses the implications of a nation avoiding penalties for unjust wars, regardless of the outcome.
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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.
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
As a foreign critic said in comment on one of the addresses: "The author is one man who knows what he thinks about the new policy required by the new situation in which his country is placed, and has the courage and candor to say it.
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.