Whitelaw Reid: “If the truth must be whispered in the ear of the Commissioners, there are here and there very sincere, capable people…”

The question about the slaves being self-supporting, is a question no longer.

A paper that is not as free to censure as to approve, has no virtue in its support, and no importance attaches to its utterances.

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

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