Whitelaw Reid: “Who shall say they were not doing as beneficent a work, or that the little negroes might not well follow them with as…”

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.

Something, however, must be done to disperse this unwholesome gathering at Newbern, or the tumor, thus neglected, may do serious injury.

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

Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.