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the principle of human rights and who, like Governor John A. Andrew,
are free from the meanness of despising any man "because he is poor,
or because he is ignorant, or because he is black."

I greatly hope that you may find some means of remedying this act of
injustice, which if allowed to continue will grow rapidly into an evil
of serious proportions and bring an indelible stain upon the Federal Govern-
ment. Action of this sort on your part would be supported all over the
country by those who believe in justice for all men.

Very sincerely yours,
Henry Greenleaf Pearson