R.S. to Frederick Douglass, April 15, 1853
Another writes thus:-
DEAR SIR:—I thank you for your kind-
ness in sending your good paper to me, a
stranger, upon trust. When I asked the fa-
vor I felt that it was asking too much; but
from my anxiety to read it, and to have oth-
ers read it also, I ventured to make the re-
quest, and I hope that you will lose nothing
by granting it. I will send you one dollar in
this; and the first week in April, if I live,
shall send you more than I promised you. I
intend to send some for books; I am in
haste to get the "White Slave," "Autographs
for Freedom," and also the great and
good men's Speeches in Congress, in favor
of Freedom. I prize your paper so highly
that when it fails to come I feel so disap-
pointed, that it seems worse than it would
be to go to bed without my supper. One
failed of reaching me in December; and the
4th number of this volume has not been
found in the ofice. I feel the loss myself;
and I have a son-in-law who has been a wor-
shipper of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster,
and who, I hope, is convinced by this time
that great as they were, they could not make
slavery right.
R. S.