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of officers of the Bureau to be sent to the various counties. 

The revolution of the whole system of labor has been so sudden and radical as to require great caution and prudence on the part of the officer charged with the care of the Freedmen.

They should be able to discuss the question on free labor as a matter of political economy and by reason and good arguments induce the employers to give the system a fair and honest trial. 

Nowhere that I have been do people generally realize the fact that the Negro is Free. The day I arrived at Jackson en route for the Canton, both the newspapers at that place published leading Editorial, taking the ground that the Emancipation Proclaimation was unconstitutional and there void: that whilst the negro who entered the Army might be free, yet those who availed themselves not of the Proclaimation were still slavery, and that it was a question for the state whether or not to adopt a system of gradual Emancipation. These seem to be the view of the people generally and they expressed great desire "to get rid of these garrisons," where they hope, "to have things their own way." And should the care and protection of the nation, be taken away from the Freedmen, these people will have their own way, and will practically re-establish slavery more grinding and despotic than of old. 

Respectfully Submitted
(signed)
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Col 1st Texas Cav Vols

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A J. Gen Sub Dist of West Miss
Vicksburg, Miss

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