Whitelaw Reid: “I venture to answer that first we must put down the riot.”

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

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.

A paper that is not as free to censure as to approve, has no virtue in its support, and no importance attaches to its utterances.