Albany, Jan. 6th, 1852.
Dear Douglass:—
You will see in reading Gov. Hunts Message, that he goes it strong in favor of Colonization, and we can safely judge him in favor of passing such laws as he refers to, as passed by Indiana.
Now, I think if there ever was, or will be, a time in which we, the colored people of this state, should lay aside every other consideration, and come together, it is the present, and devise and unite upon a plan by which to stop if possible the strong current which will be set in motion in favor of driving us out of the country, by this cursed suggestion of Hunt's.
I write you in haste, so that if anything can be done by us to produce counteraction let us do it; there is no time to be lost. The Legislature no doubt will give early attention to it, and once let the state of New York endorse the scheme of colonization, it must prosper, and with its prosperity increasing, the limited amount of rights and privileges which we now enjoy, will proportionably diminish.
Will it not be well to issue a call for a Mass Convention of the colored people somewhere in the state. Albany I suggest will be the best, but I trust to your advice.
Yours for the cause,
W. H. Topp.