They held--and I am sure the best friends of the principle will thank them for holding--that an honest resort to Arbitration must come before war, to avert its horrors, not after war, to escape its consequences.
Reid argues that arbitration should be pursued before war to prevent its devastating consequences, rather than as a post-war remedy.
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