Cincinnati, May 7, 1848.

Dear Douglass:ーI arrived here on this day week, and have held four meetings on as many different evenings, in two of the churches, all of which meetings have been attended by crowds of anxious listeners.

To-morrow evening, I hold a meeting in the Fifth-Street Congregational Church, (formerly Rev. Mr. Blanchard's,) and I have meetings appointed for every night this week except Saturday. There is certainly more work in the West than one man can possibly attend to, and I believe were Remond to join me at some given point, and we travel together, that the enterprise would be fully justifiable on both sides. The harvest in the West is truly ready, but the laborers are few. Wherever our principles are fully made known, they meet with many who readily subscribe to them; practical anti-slavery being that which the people desire, and at once see the force of. An agent of the Society is therefore much needed, and I not being one, have no power to act for it, my principal business being for the North Star. But there is scarcely a place where I stop and hold one meeting, but there are loud calls to hold successive meetings, so eager are the people for the spread of anti-slavery truths. There is one favorable sign of the timesーthe colored people are beginning to receive the moral suasion doctrine with much more favor than formerly.

They have learned that our war is not against their rights, but against American slavery, and in favor of universal liberty; and that while we readily concede the right to vote, even without disputing or quarrelling with our brethren, either colored or white, upon that point as such, that we will indiscriminatingly strike down all and everything that may come in the way of emancipation and the elevation of our race, be it politics, or false religion, church or State Government; they are at once satisfied, and willing to hold up our hands, bidding us God-speed in our laudable though arduous undertaking. I find the females everywhere most readily subscribe to our doctrine, and I can only account for this from the fact that they themselves are generally oppressed and deprived of their rights by the despotic acts of legislation and false judicature.

Tuesday, 9th.ーI held, a meeting last evening in Rev. Mr. Boyington's Church, on Sixth street. The house was filled with the most intelligent of both sexes and classesーI mean white and colored. On this evening I was quite unwell, and did not feel able to do justice to my subject, though, being before a new audience, I made no apology. They sat with the greatest attention for one hour, the people showing evidence of a desire for my continuance when I ceased; but having been promised the church for two evenings, I made my discourse as short as possible on that occasion; but found that I had been mistaken in my calculation about the church, the trusteesーthe rulers of the peopleーdisliking the positions taken in my lecture, would not give their consent for the holding of another meeting there. This is a fair representation of the anti-slavery sentiment in this community among our white fellow-citizens. So long as we are conservative and time-serving, we may get their churches, but a declaration of truth, through the channel of liberal sentiments, is certain to meet with religious execration.

This is the same church in which Remond lectured when here some years ago, but at that time it was under the pastoral charge of Rev. Mr. Blanchard, who himself being of liberal sentiments and uncompromising in his course, wielded an influence in the church, even among the trustees, that may not now be expected. Then the salvation of the church depended upon Mr. Blanchard; now, it is fully established, and independent of its clergyman, though I know not how he felt towards the course pursued in the lecture.

Wednesday evening the 10th, I lectured in the True Wesleyan Church. The house was full, and we had, as has been the case with all the meetings I have held here, an agreeable meeting, so far as the people, who come evidently eager and anxious to hear, are concerned. I hold another meeting on Friday evening, in Sixth st. Methodist Church.

The people here manifest great desire to bear testimony to anti-slavery truths; and there is nothing which prevents them from hearing but the closing of the churches against them. It is true that there are many large and commodious public halls in the city, but to obtain one of these would be attended with an expense of from ten to twenty-five dollars a night, an expense which we would not be justifiable in incurring. This the churches know; hence the power they wield in the proscriptive position they assume.

There is quite a large population of colored residents in Cincinnati, I suppose about 5,000. Among them there are many families of wealth; and among the young people in particular, there is much intelligence. There are several young men here who have talents of the very highest order, oratory and poetry being familiar themes in their literary course, and many young women who would be an ornament to any society. The intelligence of the more youthful of the children, is particularly attractive, many of them giving the promise of an intellect which, if properly cultivated, may beam forth in future with brilliancy. The young men and women generally, who are the most intelligent and the best qualified, are mainly indebted for their qualifications to their own exertions.ーThis is highly praiseworthy, and commends itself to every lover of the human family.ーStill, the young people, as such, especially the young men, have not in general come up to that standard of duty which the three millions of American slaves, and six hundred thousand nominally free colored people of the non-slaveholding States, so loudly call for and imperatively demand.

The young people, I have said, do not keep pace with the spirit of the age, though there is much to commend among them. The aged generally are the capitalists, but not having had in their youth the advantages of education, cannot make such investment, and enter into such enterprises with their money, as are necessary for the advancement of society.ーThis, of course, is the legitimate business, and expected of their sons and daughters.ーNow if their children manifest no such inclination, but, on the contrary, appear indifferent to the import and insensible of the advantages to be derived from such a course of domestic enterprise, it is apparent that there is much cause for censure or reproof.

Some years ago, there were many young men and women, who possessed a fine capital, some of whom being the children of Southerners, who, moved by the impulses of nature, brought them to this city, bought property for them, schooled them, and gave them ample means for a respectable livelihood. If those young men and women who, having the qualifications and means, had invested their capital and embarked in different business, such as confectionaries, variety shops, shoe stores, dry goods, and fancy millinery establishments, all of which are among the staple business of this place, and which many of the young men and women could have admirably succeeded in; which, I am sorry to say, they did not do, but rather were disposed to live at ease, upon what they had, forgetting the maxim, that "always taking out off the meal-tub, and putting nothing in, will soon come to the bottom."ーMuch might have been done by the young people of this city, more than what has been.

Anti-slavery is but a beggarly element in this region, and, save a few exceptions, in which our friends of the Herald are included, an Eastern anti-slavery man might well suppose himself to be in Kentucky. Of course, in this I except the colored residents, who, while they are all anti-slavery, have not, as yet, given the subject, aside from its political aspects, any or much thought. I am pleased to see the readiness with which the greater part admit the truthfulness of our position, and subscribe to many of our views; and while many believe in the ballot-box as one of the most effectual means of attaining the great end soughtーthe overthrow of the infernal system of American slavery; yet they do not hesitate to acknowledge that moral suasion is accomplishing, practically, what it will take ages for politics to doーthat is, social equality. It is a fact well worthy of remark, that one of the most intelligent colored gentlemen observed to me, that "the anti-slavery people of Cincinnati and the colored people, have no intercourse nor acquaintance, only being brought together on great or extraordinary occasions, such as great meetings, conventions, lectures, &c., when the colored people take no part among the whites, they doing the whole business, the colored looking on in silence. This truth is verified by the fact, that it is with the utmost difficulty that you can find a colored lady or gentleman in this city who feel themselves at liberty to introduce you to an abolitionist. They stand off from them with as much deferential awe as Charles to his lord and master, the "great embodiment." I administer this rebuke to the respectable colored residents of this city, because I am acquainted with them, and love them and their worth too much to see them thus duped or imposed upon by the mock anti-slavery of Cincinnati.

You will be pleased to learn that I have met with Mary E. Miles, late of Boston, the amiable and untiring friend of the slave and humanity, who came to this city some six months since, to assist in the High School of Mr. Hiram Gilmore, and thus more effectually contributed to the promotion of her oppressed race in this land of liberty, Bibles, whips, thumb-screws, human yokes, handcuffs, and chains.

The colored citizens here take great interest in the North Star, and are doing a good deal for it, and promise much. This is foreboding of good, but arises altogether from the confidence they have in the continuance of the paper. In this they are right, as they have been so frequently deceived by papers in their own State coming up and as speedily going down, that now they are determined first to "be sure they are right, then go ahead."

There were none contributed more to the interest of the paper here, by getting subscribers, than Miss Miles and Miss Caroline Brooks, who is also a colored lady, and one of the most amiable and best of persons. To these ladies much is due for their untiring efforts. Many gentlemen am I indebted to, but as these are numerous, and everywhere lend a liberal aid, I do not design to name them in this connection.

I intend visiting the Colored Orphans' Asylum, High School and other schools, Boyd's Cabinet establishment, when, in my next, I shall give you an account of the property or real-estate holders, and business, among the colored residents in this city.

There is now here a Rev. Mr. King, formerly of Scotland, who fell heir to several slaves, men, women and children, and who determined on settling them in Canada on land of their own, and has arrived thus far on his way, in company with them, and has held several meetings in the famous Dr. Rice's church. Being constantly engaged, I have not had time to hear him or to see his people, which I design doing if possible.

The Ohio river is very high just now, and commerce brisk.

Yours, for God and Humanity,

M. R. D.