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the South, & not even in the event of our going to war with any other Powers, would they fight or be arrayed under it, they see in it only the Banner under which they have been "robbed, and are being oppressed."
There are a great many others however in the poorer & middle classes of life, who I believe would if they could do so with impunity, act more liberally.  Some of them would have no objection, personally, to taking a teacher of colored people to board - "proving he were a proper person, and behaved himself" - but these are all naturally intimidated by public sentiment; each one, although absolutely in need of & most eager to acquire money, almost any manner, is afraid to venture, himself [[strikethrough]] on what [/strikethrough]] on what the other is not bold enough to attempt.
Nevertheless, in the face of all this, I would sill, by all means advise, that as soon as the School House is nearly completed, the Teacher be at once sent here.  He could go quietly to one of the "Hotels", without saying what his business is, and when discovered, should he be told to leave, we would then see what could best be done for him next. And in anticipation of this very probably occurrence, I have thought that it would be best, in erecting a School House, to build it sufficiently large (long) to admit of a room being enclosed at the end, which in case of necessity could be furnished as best it might,& occupied very readily & comfortably by the Teacher, whose meals could under such circumstanced be provided by some one employed to cook for him.
As there are no stores at all here; which would certainly be far better for the purposed; it would