ssion fixed on her mind that her papa had been killed, like her
Uncle Harvey. We received letters from David and James, in the Eastern
army; also, from Stephen, who had marched with the regiment to which
he belonged to the Army of the Center, then in the western part of
Kentucky, and on the way to Pittskill Landing, where the Union forces
were now concentrating. Henry wrote that his regiment of cavalry had
been ordered to the East to report to Gen. Kilpatterson. Having heard
from all our family, except Jackson, we were again happy. We all longed
for the day to come when Col. Anderson and his wife would return home,
and were anxious also to see the good old colored woman who had been a
mother to him during his illness. The children especially asked me every
day about Aunt Martha; how she looked? if she was as black as Uncle Ham?
and why Mr. George sold her children? and in any other questions that
could not well be answered."

"Uncle Daniel, I knew Col. Harden, of whom you spoke," said Maj. Clymer.
"He was a good soldier, went all through the war, and died in 1868. He
was rather an old man for the service, and was never well after the war
closed."

"Yes; I heard of his death; I kept track of him up to that time; he was
a good man."

"Uncle Daniel," said Dr. Adams, "the implicit faith of those two old
colored people was an example that might well be followed by the masters
now."

"Yes; the colored people are the most faithful on the face of the earth,
and deserve better treatment than they are getting in the South."

"Why is it that they are deprived of their political rights in the
Southern States?"

"My dear sir, that is easily answered. As I have heretofore repeated in
the discussion of other points, the controlling element in the South is
now, as it ever has been, an aristocracy of and for power. They do not
intend that in any way or by any means, lawful or otherwise, the control
of their States shall pass out of their hands; by this means they will
control the General Government. It would be the same were these colored
people white; if they were poor and not of the ruling class, they would
be deprived of their rights in the same way. They believe that they
were born to control, and control they will, unless we shall find men
hereafter in charge of this Government with nerve enough to see that the
rights of the people are protected and enforced."

"Yes," said Col. Bush, "another war will come some day, and it