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into account the number Of whites in private IN
stituons 1t would seem that there is less insanity
among the colored than the white population


cannot conclude without pointing out two
sources of the errors which many commit IN
Judging of the free black population One Is,
that men ignorant of our actual condition, and
hindered by their preudces, from enquiring there
into, gather their opinions of us from specimens
visible in the Five Points-they seem satisfied by
single glance at the deformed leg" Again,
men of narrow views and limited information are
apt to conceive that society and refinement are
confined to the little heaven in which they are
privileged to thunder" regarding all as outcasts
-barbaroi-yvho are not embraced within their
charmed environ such men cannot perceive
that there is around every intelligent home all
the elements of refined manners and dlgnlhed
department. There are, thank Heaven, a thou
sand such homes among the free blacks of the
Free States-homes, in which the sounds of my
wife my child my mother, my father,


mn Bible and their thousand clustering Joys
weave the sweet harmones Of content aad happl-
ness. We toll hard for these, but we toll willingly
with stout and hopeful hearts. And, if, occa-
sionally, one from wandering to and fro over the
face of the earth, be sent among us, to try us
with the affliction of Parthian warfare, we shall
be found at our post, ready and willing to give
an account of the faith that is in us-a faith
which holds first to the Bible, and secondly to
American Institutions, which have made US free,
which will free our brethren in bonds, and which
will be triumphant in pulling down the strong
holds Of Tyranny throughout our globe.


l sincerely thank you, Mr.. Editor for your
kind liberality in publishing these letters without
money or price, but with perfect typographical
accuracy. With your clear head and sound
heart, long may you preside over the Tribune of
the People. Very gratefully yours,


Neg. Yo,k Feb g. 1871. JAMES IrCUNE SMITH.


Erratum-ln my last Letter instead of 1923: should
hay Said % per cent IN N te raIo OIL morality