Whitelaw Reid: “We think him on our side because of what he has done, and what we know him to be.”

We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.

In November nothing could exceed the hatred which seemed everywhere felt to the freedmen.

And next, shall we not probably fare best in the end if we try to profit somewhat by the experience others have had in like cases?

Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?