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94 The Appeal was permitted to witness the accomplishment of this, and the bondman become a freeman and a citizen; and lived for several years afterwards to see him develop his citizenship.

Mr. Philip A. Bell, one of the very earliest editors of which mention was made in a preceding chapter, having moved to the Pacific Slope with the desire to continue the good work of editorial fighting for his race, began, April 18, 1865, to issue The Elevator, The following is the prospectus, as it appeared in The Anglo- African:

"Prospectus:—The Elevator,—a weekly journal of progress, published every Friday.

Office, Phoenix Building, corner of Sampson and Jackson Streets, San Francisco, Cal., Room No. 9. Terms:—Per year, $5.00; six months, $2.50; three months, $1.25; one month, 50 cents; single copies, 15 cents.

This paper is the organ of the Executive Committee, and will advocate the largest political and civil liberty to all American citizens, irrespective of creed or color.

Such are our general principles and objects; but we shall have, in addition thereto, a special mission to fulfill: We shall labor for the civil and political enfranchisement of the colored people,—not as a distinct and separate race, but as American citizens.

We solicit the patronage of all classes, as we intend to make The Elevator a real, live paper, and an evidence of the progress of the age.

As an advertising column for retail business, we offer peculiar advantages, as our circulation will principally be among persons who patronize such establishments.

To make our advertising columns accessible to all, we have established the following low rates of advertising:—One square, six lines or less, one insertion, 60 cents; each subsequent insertion, 25 cents.