Mr. Reason is decidedly a man of letters, a high-souled gentleman, a most useful citizen in any community—­much respected and beloved by all who know him, and most scrupulously modest—­a brilliant trait in the character of a teacher.  We learn that Professor Reason, is about to be called to take charge of the High School for the education of colored youth of both sexes, now in course of completion in Philadelphia.  The people of New York will regret to part with Professor Reason.

Charles Lenox Remond, Esq., of Salem, Massachusetts, is among the most talented men of the country.  Mr. Remond is a native of the town he resides in, and at an early age, evinced more than ordinary talents.  At the age of twenty-one, at which time (1832) the cause of the colored people had just begun to attract public attention, he began to take an interest in public affairs, and was present for the first time, at the great convention of colored men, of that year, at which the distinguished colonization gentlemen named in another part of this work, among them, Rev. R.R.  Gurley, and Elliot Cresson, Esqs., were present.  At this convention, we think, Mr. Remond made his virgin speech.  From that time forth he became known as an orator, and now stands second to no living man as a declaimer.  This is his great forte, and to hear him speak, sends a thrill through the whole system, and a tremor through the brain.

In 1835, he went to England, making a tour of the United Kingdom, where he remained for two years, lecturing with great success; and if we mistake not was presented the hospitality of one of the towns of Scotland, at which he received a token of respect, in a code of resolutions adopted expressive of the sentiments of the people, signed by the town officers, inscribed to “Charles Lenox Remond, Esq.,” a form of address never given in the United Kingdom, only where the person is held in the highest esteem for their attainments; the “Mr.” always being used instead.

To C.L.  Remond, are the people of Massachusetts indebted for the abolition of the odious distinction of caste, on account of condition.  For up to this period, neither common white, nor genteel colored persons, could ride in first class cars; since which time, all who are able and willing to pay, go in them.  In fact, there is but one class of cars, (except the emigrant cars which are necessary for the safety and comfort of other passengers) in Massachusetts.

Mr. Remond, appeared at one time before the legislature of Massachusetts, in behalf of the rights of the people above named, where with peals of startling eloquence, he moved that great body of intelligent New Englanders, to a respectful consideration of his subject; which eventually resulted as stated.  The distinguished Judge Kelley, of Philadelphia, an accomplished scholar and orator, in 1849, in reply to an expression that Mr. Remond spoke like himself, observed, that it was the greatest compliment he ever had paid to his talents.  “Proud indeed should I feel,” said the learned Jurist, “were I such an orator as Mr. Remond.”  Charles Lenox Remond is the soul of an honorable gentleman.