Nathaniel Moody, always on the side of Humanity, wrote from Chelsea, Massachusetts:—
“Permit me, as one of your constituents, to thank you for the noble stand you have taken in regard to Reconstruction, which I regard of quite as much importance as was the persistent prosecution of the war just brought to a successful conclusion. I did expect no less from you, considering your former great efforts in the true cause of Humanity.”
Mrs. John Davis, widow of Mr. Sumner’s first colleague in the Senate, wrote from Worcester, Massachusetts:—
“We hope the whitewashing is over, and that common sense, to say nothing of justice, will resume the sway.”
Rev. George N. Richardson wrote from Westborough, Massachusetts:—
“You are bearing yourself so bravely and faithfully in behalf of a cause very dear to me, that it is the impulse of my heart to thank and bless you.”
Rev. Richard S. Storrs, the eminent Congregational clergyman, wrote from Braintree, Massachusetts:—
“It must be a great satisfaction to you to know that you have the unlimited confidence and sympathy of your constituents; and I am sure you have the approval of all loyal men and angels, while struggling against the devices of the arch enemy of God and man.”
Rev. J. R. W. Sloane, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church, wrote from New York:—