"Because," said Fred., I want to train alone. I want to wait till those mean whites get through with their talk, and then I will begin. I notice that in all the speeches that Wilson, Kelly, and the rest of them have been making to the colored folks at Richmond, Mobile, New Orleans and other places, nothing is ever said about giving the colored men a Vice President of their own color. But they've got to make that concession to us, and that's just what I am going down South to tell our folks to insist upon."

"But Fred., do you think the Radical managers will accede to that arrangement?"

"I have no doubt of it all, sar; none at all. Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley say they are in favor of it, and what they say has got to be done. They are the men who run the Republican party along with old Ben Butler, and whoever would run with that party must do what they say."

"But, do you think, if they nominate Grant for President, that Grant will consent to have a darkey on the same ticket as Vice?"

"Don't think anything about it, sar. Grant only counts one. It is not for Grant, nor any other man, to dictate to the people. We are the people. Grant is but one of our servants, sar. If he doesn't like his company, let him resign. Plenty of others, sar, ready to take his place; plenty of others, sar."

"But, even if they nominate a darkey for Vice President, what good will that do you or your race?"

"Don't talk, foolish child. It will do us a heap of good. In the first place, it will make a colored man presiding officer of the Senate, and then, as the President may die, he may be President of the United States. That's my plan of reconstruction, sar; and until it is adopted and made successful, sar, the Union will never be restored, and the country will never have peace."

There were other queries about to be submitted to the distinguished man and brother, but just at this moment Reverend Doctor Cheever came along, and after introducing Fred. to a blushing damsel (who was hanging lovingly on his arm) the whole party vanished in the direction of the offices of the Anti-Slavery Standard--Correspondence of Louisville Democrat