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ton in connection with Frederick Douglass. He 

 said that much as Douglass was revered, he did his 

 race great harm by his last marriage, gave occasion 

 for the charge that they aspired to the possession 

 of white wives. Douglass himself saw his mistake 

 and regretted it, not because of his wife, however. 



There are the same two classes in the South that 

 there are in the North, and the world over. There 

 is an intelligent and far-seeing patriotism here, and 

 it is in the class which in the long run molds and 

 controls public sentiment. This is supplemented by 

 the Anglo-Saxon, not the Spanish, sense of honor, 

 and is further supplemented by Christian sentiment 

 and principles. These men do not underrate the 

 seriousness of the problem before them, but they 

 face it courageously. It affords them great hope 

 to witness the elements of self-help so powerfully 

 at work among the colored people, and they express 

 the deepest interest, and afford active encourage- 

 .ment. 



I spoke in my last Musing of happening here at 

 Kowaliga by overhearing a conversation between 

 two attractive young men, Mr. Benson and Mr. 

 Morris. The latter is an orator of considerable 

 power. I dissuaded him from going to Liberia, by 

 saying that he was needed at home, and cited the 

 instance of Mr. Briar, who went to Gaboon — the 

 useless sacrifice of a valuable life. Mr. Morris 

 replied, "Institutions must have graves for their 

 foundations." Young Mr. Benson is finely edu- 



