C. The excerpt reveal that both Douglas and Grady want to convince people that reconstruction must include Northern business money and people.
Explanation:
In the given excerpts from "Henry W. Grady" by Celestine Sibley and "Reconstruction" by Frederick Douglass, both authors talks of how both the North and the South needs to be united. For both writers, it is important that <em>"the breach between the North and the South"</em> is healed and <em>"protect loyal men, black and white"</em>.
Thus, the given two excerpts reveal that both authors want to convince people about the need to include Northern business money and people in the reconstruction.
it shows that the character doesn't want others to see how they are really feeling, this could be an act of foreshadowing meaning that later on they do end up showing their true feelings