Whitelaw Reid: “But if the question thus raised at the bar of politics may seem to…”

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But if the question thus raised at the bar of politics may seem to some only food for laughter, that at the bar of patriotism is matter for tears.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid reflects on the serious implications of political decisions regarding expansion, contrasting laughter with the gravity of patriotism.

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Whitelaw Reid: “But if the question thus raised at the bar of politics may seem to some only food for laughter, that at the bar of…”