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Rh Concerning the editorial in full, The Fort Worth Gazette says: "The utterance of The Freeman's Journal of Galveston on the relation of the negro to the Federal offices, as telegraphed The Gazette of yesterday, is worthy the hearty approval of those who sincerely wish for a solution of the negro problem. The Journal, as its name indicates, is an organ of the colored people. Coming from such a publication, the following is full of significance:" (Here The Gazette inserts the editorial we have alluded to.)

The San Antonio Light says: "An amendment to the Constitution emancipated the negroes from physical bondage, but left them in a condition of social and political tutelage and dependence, where they will remain until they emancipate themselves by accepting the truth and acting upon the wise suggestion contained in the following sentences from The Journal's editorial:" Here The Light introduces the editorial and comments further by saying: "These words are words of wisdom, by whomsoever uttered. It were well for white and colored alike to heed them. The colored man is made the political equal of the white man under the law; his place as an office-holder he must make good for himself."

The San Antonio Express says: "The telegraphic columns of The Express yesterday contained the text of an editorial which appears to-day in The Freeman's Journal. This paper is published in Galveston and is regarded as one of the most influential journals of the state, devoted to the interests of the negro race." Then The Express quotes the editorial, and wisely adds the following words of approval: "The only political or social recognition which the negro deserves, or will ever get, is that to which his own worth as a man entitles him."

Other prominent papers have commented on Editor Nelson's writings, notably The St. Louis Globe-Democrat; which, for lack of space, we cannot publish. If we say no more, the