Whitelaw Reid: “Yet they scarcely dared still to speak of it above whispers, and their combination of rage and helplessness would have…”

Never was there a problem more serious or difficult than that which is now before the Nation, as to this race, whose destiny has been confided to the wisdom and honor of our Government.

Ordinarily the simple performance of duty is so blessed of God, that men who live in the doing of it, are the best off, in all respects, even in this world.

They should strive for distinction by economy, by industry, by sobriety, by patient perseverance in well-doing, by constant improvement of religious instruction, and by the constant practice of Christian virtues.

Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.