Traveling wholly by land from Washington to New Orleans, taking the trip leisurely, with frequent stoppages and constant intercourse with the people, I had abundant opportunities for discovering at once the marked change in the tone of public sentiment.
Reid describes his journey from Washington to New Orleans and the changes in public sentiment he observed along the way.
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