in the National Council. Their bearing and ability won the respect and
admiration of the whole Council. They were modest and manly in their
deportment, prudent in their counsels and very eloquent in their
speech. They showed themselves to be the peers of their white
brethren, and demonstrated beyond a question the capacity of the
colored man for the highest intellectual and moral training. They were
a credit to the American Missionary Association, whose pupils they
have been, and were a living and triumphant vindication of its work at
the South.

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THE MOHONK CONFERENCE.

The seventh annual gathering of this Conference, Oct. 2-5, was the
largest ever assembled. Among those present for the first time were
Ex-President Hayes, Gen. O.O. Howard, Gen. John Eaton, Prof. Wayland
and Dr. Wayland. The newspaper press, religious and secular, was very
fully represented; Abbott, Buckley, Dunning, Gilbert, Ward and Wayland
are perhaps best known. The venerable Judge Strong well represented
the law, while the absence of Senator Dawes was sincerely regretted.

A marked feature of the Conference was the presence of Gen. Morgan,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. For weeks prior to the meeting of the
Conference, rumors had gone abroad that he intended to abolish the
"contract schools"--that is, schools of the missionary societies which
the Government by a "contract" agrees to assist. Articles had appeared
in the newspapers remonstrating against this course, and it was
believed that this topic would be one of most practical interest in
the Conference. The Commissioner early in the meetings read a paper