Whitelaw Reid: “He has kindly introduced me as a friend of freedom; and such, since I have taken a man’s part in life, I have always…”

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

I asked the old man what he wanted to learn to read for.

Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?