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shows, however, that though the exercises were quite boisterous, yet they were not more so than in similar meetings among the whites - that the meetings usually closed soon after nine o'clock and were never held later than ten - that by the last named hour the house was always closed and the door locked - further that Mr. Crawford repeatedly and faithfully cautioned and warned the attendants to retire with quietness, promptness and good order.

Certain other arguments against Mr. C's continuance were presented - such as the alleged fact that he (Mr. C.) was under the influence, and the principal agent, of a certain clique of colored persons whose designs were supposed, rather than known, to be evil - and that it was desirable to remove him in order to break up this clique and forestall their supposed evil purposes, but the evidence here was too indefinite and uncertain to entitle it to serious consideration.

It is therefore my own conviction, in view of all the evidence that I could gather, that it would be unjust to Mr. Crawford, injurious to the educational interests of the Freedmen in Franklinton, and an