Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-11-07

LEXINGTON, KY. Oct. %, SO.

part of your readers, concerning our work
here in the south might possibly induce
greater interest In that work and better
appreciation of its value and Importance.
Any one seeing the crying need OF such
work as we see II who are here on the
ground cannot fail 70 have hl- interest
and sympathies deeply stirred. II he has
due sense of the brotherhood Of man, or
any patriotic regard for the land he lives
in.
And right here perhaps 1t is bc>. To
translate the characters at the head of this
letter. They have been rendered varou>ly
according to the humor Of the translator
one OF the most pertinent readings that
have heard is After Money Again" and
considering the fact that the society bear
ing the above initials is always In want Of
and appealing for the "sinews of war" II
isquite easy to comprehend how this trans
lstion originated.
have found those who were not aware
that 4 NJ A. means American Missionary
Association. and were even ignorant Of
the existence u such an organization or
Of what it is trying to accomplish
We who are Older than t.iri Of cen
tury remember that some twenty Ave years
ago four millions of colored people in thr~c
states were set free and turned upon thc.r
own resources, ignorant. poor. dcha~ed
and cheated; oppressed and abused n.y.
stronger race who were >marting uud,t
= feeling that the White pcop'c
had .ccn uujusily de~poiled OF their
reh,ful property and were insultcd
hy their former Slaves heing raised to ci,-
Il and political conditions equal 10 their
own The four million blacks Of twenty
five years ago arr now eight millions, and
though many Of the old evils have been
largely aba'ed and a much better feeling
exists between the races, and though cdu-
cation and Intelligence among the blacks
have greatly increased ana public schools
arr provided for them A. for the whites the
average black man l. SIN thc victim Of the
caprice aud dishonesty ofhi~ White nciIh.
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Apply |" All oo'oit" pe"P'e' "u" '''e' "''
those "h" are uprieht' moral 'h'e'''Seh''
progressive ana nave hooie asplra'ohs i"i
their children ana purpose ~ me LOT
themselves IL Is the exception anu NOT tue
rule ana am assure" that ~ 'le iai 'iiei
South lhe cohulIIohs as "oise ''iAn iieie.
lhe A. NJ. A. i iAooiins :" 'iia'iIe ali
TINS Tor the better. ois tasA' uoes anS
one say II Is olS uhderIaA'h4' p"I as
needful as II Is great ana the "orth'he>s
of the effort should enlist the earnest sym
pathy and cordlal support OF every one
who has any sparks OF fellow leeilhs ior
the wants OF ms iellow man but the a.
NJ. \. have undertaken the TASK hopiy III
the assurance 10 am win you always
| They have established coiieses ih huiiioel