Archibald Henry Grimké: “Douglas was a curious and grim example of the survival of viking instincts in the modern office seeker.”

During those dark years the blacks were much more sinned against than sinning.

Love was in their mouths and love was in their hearts.

All these requisites were wanting to the man whose sole possession seemed an indomitable will, a faith in himself, and in the righteousness of his cause, which nothing could shake, nor disappointment nor difficulty, however great, was able…

Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.