Whitelaw Reid: “We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.”

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.

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.

Will you take peace without territory and preserve the integrity of the Constitution of the country?...

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?