Whitelaw Reid: “Is it said that our Nation is already too great, that all its magnificent growth only adds to the conflicting interests…”

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

You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.

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

In November nothing could exceed the hatred which seemed everywhere felt to the freedmen.