There are twenty thousand people here in Charleston,” said the haughty representative of an ancient Carolinian name, “and only six families among them all!” Judging from what one sees on the streets, one could very readily believe the paradox which, in Carolina lips, becomes no paradox at all.
Reid captures a representative's observation about the drastic demographic changes in Charleston post-war.
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As a foreign critic said in comment on one of the addresses: "The author is one man who knows what he thinks about the new policy required by the new situation in which his country is placed, and has the courage and candor to say it.
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?
It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.
Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.