[albertabound]

The New York Times was indignant that a "war criminal" should be received so well in Canada.

The New York Tribune said the fuss made over Davis "proves that the Canadians are in a very bad condition of mind. They won't recover their equanimity until they are annexed."

[johnb838]

There were two quotes in there I thought were quite lovely. You captured one of them:

the fuss made over Davis "proves that the Canadians are in a very bad condition of mind. They won't recover their equanimity until they are annexed."

Here is the other one:

Wolseley later told a friend that his good wishes for the South stemmed from "my dislike of the people of the United States and my delight at seeing their swagger and bunkum rudely kicked out of them."