Whitelaw Reid: “No man, perhaps, has more deplored the war, from which the country is…”

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No man, perhaps, has more deplored the war, from which the country is now emerging, than myself.

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Reid expresses his deep regret over the Civil War and its consequences for the nation.

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

We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.

But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?

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?

Whitelaw Reid: “No man, perhaps, has more deplored the war, from which the country is now emerging, than myself.”