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f present bad intentions,—this is the picture a large part of the South now exhibits. We in the North are in comfort and prosperity. We must intervene for the immediate preservation of the colored people of the South, powerless for the moment to save themselves, and, by wise and prudent generosity, help to float them over, until a new crop can be made. Acting in connection with the Freedmen's Bureau, and with sensible and practical agents, a million of dollars raised by the North before Christmas, while in reality and comparatively a small sum, would do unspeakable good. I presume I shall not be able to attend the meeting; but I beg the privilege of helping its purpose, though absent. And therefore I write to express the hope, that our congregation will promptly move in the most efficient way, and to ask your acceptance of a subscription of one hundred dollars from Yours faithfully and cordially, John A. Andrew. This letter shows the inward feeling which Governor Andre