Whitelaw Reid: “The answer to that question, men and women of color, is with you.”

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

They appeared at times when public men often seemed to be groping in the dark on an unknown road, but it is now evident that the road which has been taken is substantially the road they marked out.

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

And next, shall we not probably fare best in the end if we try to profit somewhat by the experience others have had in like cases?