In the universal ferment of opinion and discussion that ensued, the opponents of what is assumed to be the Administration policy on the new possessions have seemed to rely chiefly on two provisions in the Constitution of the United States and a phrase in the Declaration of Independence.
Reid analyzes the constitutional arguments raised by opponents of the Administration's policy on new territories.
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The people have generally more education and refinement than in other parts of the State; their public improvements are better, and their country is every way more attractive.
We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.
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.
We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.