The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty .
“Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.”
“And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish.”