Everywhere, in the throng of cotton buyers, around the reeking bars, at the public tables, in the crowded places of amusement—two classes, crowded and commingled—Northern speculators and Rebel soldiers.
Reid observes the mingling of Northern speculators and former Confederate soldiers in post-war Southern society.
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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.
We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.
I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.