Whitelaw Reid: “The men of North Carolina may be “subjugated,” but who shall subjugate the women?”

It has proved, also, that universal suffrage is the surest guarantee and most powerful stimulus of individual, social and political progress.

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.

He who has that right will usually respect himself more, be more respected, perform more, and more productive work, and do more to increase the wealth and welfare of the community, than he who has it not.