Johnson tells May that he sent a letter to Wendell Phillips about his ideas in regard to the "National Anti-Slavery Standard." Johnson says that he wants May to see the letter, in which Johnson defends his actions pertaining to the Cleveland Convention and certain other matters. Johnson says that he cannot please both the Abraham Lincoln and John Charles Frémont partisans. He asks May to extend the hospitality of his home to Mary E. Gage, a teacher of the freed slaves