Whitelaw Reid: “How else have these blessings been generally diffused?”

Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.

Congress is supreme, and, for all the purposes of this department, has all the powers of the people of the United States, except such as have been expressly or by implication reserved in the prohibitions of the Constitution.

Isn’t it better to have the laws in some way take the matter out of their hands and make them work?

The question about the slaves being self-supporting, is a question no longer.