In Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Orleans, the masses of resident negroes seemed to me quite as orderly, respectable, and intelligent as many of the voters in New York that help to elect mayors like Mr.
Reid compares the orderliness and respectability of urban African Americans to voters in New York.
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