Reasons all for consideration, certainly, for care, for generosity--but not for starting the avalanche, on the theory that after it has got under only a little headway we can still stop it if we want to.
Reid warns against starting a political avalanche based on assumptions that can lead to uncontrollable consequences.
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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.
These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.
But, in the main, they are surprisingly orderly, and cases of serious violence among them are quite rare.
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.