Whitelaw Reid: “They had been offered an inch; they were soon to be seen clamorous for ells.”

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.

A paper that is not as free to censure as to approve, has no virtue in its support, and no importance attaches to its utterances.

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

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.