You are engaged, Mr.President, in a good and glorious work.

As a colored man I thank you for the brave and noble stand you have taken.

God grant that you, as a Democrat, may have influence enough to get the Democratic party as an organization to support you in the noble stand you have so bravely taken." The President thanked me for my expressions of good-will, and thus terminated what to me was a remarkable as well as a pleasant and most agreeable interview.
A few days later a messenger from the State Department called at my office and informed me that the Secretary of State, Judge Gresham, desired to see me.

Judge Gresham and I had been warm personal friends for many years.

He had occupied many positions of prominence and responsibility.