Whitelaw Reid: “What business had government to be interfering with the rights of…”

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What business had government to be interfering with the rights of property?

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid questions the government's interference with property rights, highlighting a common sentiment of the time.

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Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.

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

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?

The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.

Whitelaw Reid: “What business had government to be interfering with the rights of property?”