Dublin but a few days, when a gentleman of great respectability
kindly offered to conduct me through all the public buildings of
that beautiful city; and a little afterward, I found myself
dining with the lord mayor of Dublin. What a pity there was not
some American democratic Christian at the door of his splendid
mansion, to bark out at my approach, '_They don't allow niggers
in here!_' The truth is, the people here know nothing of the
republican negro hate prevalent in our glorious land. They
measure and esteem men according to their moral and intellectual
worth, and not according to the color of their skin. Whatever may
be said of the aristocracies here, there is none based on the
color of a man's skin.

This species of aristocracy belongs preeminently to 'the land of
the free, and the home of the brave.' I have never found it
abroad, in any but Americans. It sticks to them wherever they go.
They find it almost as hard to get rid of, as to get rid of their
skins.

"The second day after my arrival at Liverpool, in company with my
friend, Buffum, and several other friends, I went to Eaton Hall,
the residence of the Marquis of Westminster, one of the most
splendid buildings in England. On approaching the door, I found
several of our American passengers, who came out with us in the
'Cambria,' waiting for admission, as but one party was allowed in
the house at a time. We all had to wait till the company within
came out. And of all the faces, expressive of chagrin, those of
the Americans were preeminent. They looked as sour as vinegar,
and as bitter as gall, when they found I was to be admitted on
equal terms with themselves. When the door was opened, I walked
in, on an equal footing with my white fellow-citizens, and from
all I could see, I had as much attention paid me by the servants
that showed us through the house, as any with a paler skin. As I
walked through the building, the statuary did not fall down, the
pictures did not leap from their places, the doors did not refuse
to open, and the servants did not say, '_We don't allow niggers
in here_.'

"A happy new year to you, and all the friends of freedom."

During the time of his visit in Europe a few friends, under the
inspiration of one Mrs. Henry Richardson, raised money, purchased Mr.