But if we are warranted now in making war because the character of Spanish rule in Cuba was intolerable, how could we justify ourselves in handing back Porto Rico to the same rule, after having once emancipated her from it?
Reid questions the morality of returning Puerto Rico to Spanish rule after liberating it from oppression.
Share
More from Whitelaw Reid
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.
They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.
These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.
I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.