Oliver Johnson compliments William Lloyd Garrison on his article published in the Boston Journal, declaring that it is possessed of "the fire and inspriation of your most vigorous years". Johnson states that he read Garrison's article in the Independent on Charles Sumner, calling it a "just and eloquent tribute to his character and memory", and expressing his opinion that, in light of the massive fraud and corruption exposed in the Grant administration, that Garrison must surely "regret the severity" of his attacks against Sumner in 1872. Johnson opines that President Grant impresses him as a man of "low moral tone". Johnson informs Garrison that the fourth article in his series on the history of the early antislavery movement will be published shortly, and that it will cover the founding of the Liberator and the New England Anti-Slavery Society.