Whitelaw Reid: “The one thing sure is that no party in power in this country will dare abandon these new possessions.”

Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.

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?

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship, and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.