On the record
Do we not make it a point of patriotic duty to believe all the brilliant reports of the running capacity displayed by our iron-clads and double-enders?
Said by
Whitelaw Reid
Source
gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Do we not make it a point of patriotic duty to believe all the brilliant reports of the running capacity displayed by…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid critiques the tendency to uncritically accept overly optimistic reports about naval capabilities during the Civil War.
Share
More from Whitelaw Reid
And it is both natural and right that colored Americans, entitled to the rights of citizens, should claim their exercise.
In this way they will surely overcome unjust hostility, and convince even the most prejudiced that the denial to them of any right which citizens may properly exercise is equally unwise and wrong.
It is my firm conviction, that suffrage is not only the best security for freedom, but the most potent agent of amelioration and civilization.
They should strive for distinction by economy, by industry, by sobriety, by patient perseverance in well-doing, by constant improvement of religious instruction, and by the constant practice of Christian virtues.