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there is a God in Heaven or I greatly misjudge the present temper of the Colored people.

But General I have taken the liberty to address you now in relation to a place of my own for the support of our Newspaper enterprise. If my indiscretions have not alienated you — and I will still trust to be able to pursue a course you can commend, I shall assume that you will do what you consistently can to encourage us.

To save therefore the amount of my salary to the support of the paper I propose to try to support myself. I have an intelligent capable man as foreman in the office, to whom I can conduct the business of the office and the main body of the work and now if I can find work [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] Educationally [[strikethrough]] work [[/strikethrough]] I can still write the main editorials etc and carry the enterprise forward. Should you

Transcription Notes:
first word of 6th line up from bottom: I don't think it is "conduct" the business, but I can't decipher the word.