For Frederick Douglass Paper.

To the Editors of the Frederick Douglass Paper:

GENTLEMEN:--Will you suffer me to state, through your columns, that it has been through ignorance, and not perverseness, if I have done injury, as a missionary, or in attempting to get aid for relief, of the newly arrived fugitive sick? If there has been any speculation in this matter, it is not known to me. As an American by birth and education, I would not stand connnected with an association organized as maintained solely for this object. It might be expected that a rival society, such as the "True Band," professes to be, would do its best endeavors toward its opponent. Had I property to warrant the charge, it would annoy me; but being destitute of anything but the lot which cost less than $50-having lived frequently on scant fare, and spent nearly, fifteen years on Canada, administering to what I supposed the wants of my colored brethren-when, too, I consider I am white, and would naturally become rich of the poor, and yet am myself in the greatest straits—indescribably so—I am for once thankful for poverty.

The charges made that some agent lives thro fraud, without work, should be proved. I heard of such things being said of Elder W. Cater, but presume the charge groundless and a flourish of words, as was the charge of his inhumanity concerning Mr. Beckwith. If Mr. Carter did not aid in carrying the man from danger, let it be proved. There was not the least danger of the man's burning, far as I know. This accusation would be as much against three or four hundred present as any single person.

As to care and nursing of Beckwith, it is acknowledged he cared for himself, having been in the country about two years, and rented at a low rate, because a nice religious man. He hired his washing done until a few weeks—Those who cared for him, far as I am concerned, were colored, except his physician, Dr. Miller, a white gentleman of reputation. We paid considerable for nursing, physician, &c simply because others who complain, paid no attention.—Mr. and Mrs. Wyne (colored) and doctor can be enquired of. I believe the nurses tried to do duty. There may have been head ice on the man. as often is the case; but having been bedrid but a short time, and having been washed all over, by the doctor's orders, would contradict the assertion that the man was not tidily kept.

The statement that newcomers were turned away unaided, while boots and rolls of various kinds of cloth were burned, I know was not so as we had no rolls. I aided Mr. Johnson to select a pair of boots not four days before the fire, and the person aided only left when we were burned down.

ISAAC J. RICE

Rochester, Aug. 28th, 1855