n white
and black alike. You would have no right to complain of a law which
would put you on a perfect political equality with the whites, and
which would put within your reach and that of your children the
privilege enjoyed by any class of citizens."

In Georgia, the prevailing sentiment is indicated by the following.
The Atlanta _New Era_ says:

"We freely accept the Sherman platform as the only means whereby to
rescue the country from total destruction, and if we mistake not,
our backbone will prove sufficiently strong to enable us to look
the issue full in the face, without a shudder. It is our bounden
duty, and that of every other patriot and well-wisher of the South,
to at once signify an unconditional acceptance of the measures
perfected by Congress for our restoration to the Union, and
heartily co-operate with the United States authorities in securing
that most desirable end."

The Augusta _Press_, alluding to the recent meeting of negroes at
Columbia, S. C., and the fact that speeches were made by General
Wade Hampton and others, states that--

"All good citizens all over the South entertain precisely the same
kind feelings for the colored people that were exhibited by these
eminent Carolinians, and it is unfortunate that these sentiments
are not more widely manifested in meetings for public counsel with
them. 'Representative men' in every community should be prompt and
earnest in signifying their wish to co-operate with the colored
people in the administration of the laws and the preservation of
harmony and good will. To this end, we deem it our duty to urge
that in every community public meetings be held, in which the two
races may take friendly counsel together."

In Florida, Hon. R. S. Mallory, a former Democratic United States
Senator, is reported to have said, at a large meeting composed of
whites and blacks, in Pensacola, that--

"The recent legislation of Congress ought to be submitted to in
good faith; that, as the negro was now entitled to vote, it was the
interest of the State that he should be educated and enlightened,
and made to comprehend the priceless value of the ballot, and the
importance to himself and to the State of its judicious use.

"Let us fully and frankly acknowledge, as well by deeds as by