The following brief note appeared in the first number of _The
Leader_, a weekly paper which began at Charleston, 1865.
I trust that you will do everything possible to arouse hope and
encouragement in the colored people. Let them know that their
friends will stand by them. All white persons who have any regard
for the Declaration of Independence ought to unite in favor of
its principles, and insist that they shall be made the foundation
of the new order of things. Courage! the cause cannot fail.
Believe me, dear Sir, faithfully yours,