Whitelaw Reid: “You haven't dodged for us the responsibilities we incurred.”

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

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

Let those who invoke the Supreme Law of the land learn and bow to it.

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.