however, when once face with negative reactions to his open racism, he temporarily retreated. that was a reason that he wrote an article in sloboda, issue of 23 march, 1883: "the main thing is this: everybody should work for the people and the homeland, and let them call themselves as they wish... we have disputes and dissensions only because they are supported and strengthened from the outside... we believe that hungry and cold serbs and croats feel the same... therefore, everybody can assume the name of hottentots, every person can choose their own name, as long as we are all free and happy!..."