Whitelaw Reid: “It has brought England and the United States together--another result of momentous importance in the progress of…”

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.

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.

Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.