I Have The Greatest Aversion To Being

It Is Now True That This Is God's Country, If Equal Rights-a Fair Start And An Equal Chance In The Race Of Life Are Everywhere Secured To All.

The Religion Of The Bible Is The Best In The World. I See The Infinite Value Of Religion. Let It Be Always Encouraged. A World Ofsuperstition And Folly Have Grown Up Around Its Forms And Ceremonies. But The Truth In It Is One Of The Deep Sentiments In Human Nature.

In Sumter And Other Counties [in South Carolina] The Whites Are Resorting To Intimidation And Violence To Prevent The Colored People From Organizing For The Elections. The Division There Is Still On The Color Line. Substantially All The Whites Are Democrats And All The Colored People Are Republicans. There Is No Political Principle In Dispute Between Them. The Whites Have The Intelligence, The Property, And The Courage Which Make Power. The Negroes Are For The Most Part Ignorant, Poor, And Timid. My View Is That The Whites Must Be Divided There Before A Better State Of Things Will Prevail.

The Reform [of The Civil Service] Should Be Thorough, Radical, And Complete.

Busy Replying To Letters From Divers Office-seekers. They Come By The Dozens.