Whitelaw Reid: “Their writing was often turgid, but it was always effective; and it shaped the public sentiment of the whole…”

I asked the old man what he wanted to learn to read for.

Isn’t it better to have the laws in some way take the matter out of their hands and make them work?

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

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.