For Frederick Douglass' Paper.

PREJUDICE DYING OUT IN WATKINS

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Mr. Douglass:—I have recently received a
letter from John D. Berry of Watkins, Schuy-
ler County—a colored gentleman—a warm
friend of his race—and an old subscriber for
your excellent Paper—who has for four years
past been laboring to convince the aristocracy
of that village, that he is their equal, in every
respect. He writes as follows—"On the 13th
inst., "I was chosen as a Juror, on a criminal
suit; and all our citizens appear to be well
pleased with the circumstance." This circum-
stance, connected as it is with the labors Mr.
Barry, proves to my mind, that colored men
who claim all of their rights, will obtain more
than those who ask for only a part; and also
that if we demand equal privileges, and show our-
selves worth of them, that they will not be
long withheld from us.

C. BROOKS.

GENEVA, August 20th, 1855.