Turning now from this foreign work which the Committee are disposed to transfer, let me invite attention to the work which will be left to us, and which, in consequence of the exchange, if made, we can enlarge and prosecute with more vigor. I begin with the work among the Freedmen. That work has been remarkably, continuously and increasingly successful. It has gone beyond the stage of experiment. It is planted firmly on lands and in permanent buildings, and still more firmly in the confidence of the colored people and in the respect of the white citizens. It has been among the most important levers for the elevation of the colored people, one of the strong influences in the settlement of our national problem, and a most effective instrument in the spread of the pure Gospel in the South. It has reached a point where it ought to be greatly enlarged. If Congress shall pass the bill appropriating ten millions of dollars annually among the States on the basis of illiteracy, it will give such a stimulus to common-school education in the South as to make a demand for teachers by the thousand where we and all other agencies supply only hundreds; it will do the preliminary work in the education of a population that will call for a much larger number of educated ministers; and it will give an uplift to the masses that will render leaders in business and professional life a necessity to their further progress and security. The munificent gift of a million of dollars by Mr. Slater will impart a grand impulse to the education of the colored people. It will doubtless render important help to many societies; it will come far short of meeting the full wants of any; and it would be a sad mistake, deprecated by no one more than Mr. Slater himself, if this great gift should weaken the sense of responsibility in others. Its greatest ultimate value will probably be in awakening other generous hearts to the fact that the work needs millions as well as hundreds and thousands. This people are generations behind the Anglo-Saxons in preparation for the duties of life, and they and their children need not only as great, but for the time being greater facilities to enable them to catch up in the race and then to march forward at even pace in the responsibilities and privileges of citizens and Christians. The time has come to push this great undertaking. The nation is aroused to it, and the American Missionary Association, so well prepared for it, needs only to be stripped of outer and foreign garments, and to enter with disencumbered hands and redoubled energy and means into the great work to which it has been so plainly called.