Whitelaw Reid: “Is it any one with the glorious history of this continental…”

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Is it any one with the glorious history of this continental colonization bred in his bone and leaping in his blood?

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid asks whether those who criticize American colonization have a genuine connection to its history.

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They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.

Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.

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?

It will make an end forever of Spain in this hemisphere.

Whitelaw Reid: “Is it any one with the glorious history of this continental colonization bred in his bone and leaping in his blood?”