BOSTON, May 17, 1853.
Dear Sir,--I know Mr. Schmidt by the good name he has won, and I
have also had the pleasure of making his personal acquaintance.
I understand him to be a scholar, believing in the demand which
Liberty in our country now makes upon every citizen. Thus
endowed in mind and character, he will address his compatriots
from Germany, in their own language, with persuasive power. I
trust he will find the opportunity he covets; and I know of none
which promises better than his present plan of a Weekly German
Antislavery Newspaper at Washington.
The number of persons to be addressed by such a journal is very
large; and they should be easy converts. The German emigrant who
is not against Slavery here leads us to doubt the sincerity of his
opposition to the Tyranny he has left behind in his native land.
Believe me, dear Sir,
faithfully yours,