Whitelaw Reid: “So much the more, then, are we bound to do our duty by them.”

Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

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

These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.