Whitelaw Reid: “There are no words to express the infamy of such a proposition.”

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.

I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.

We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.

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.