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I called on Mrs. Christian when I reached Americus, I heard her complaints about a very serious excitement anticipated or few lays before, opening out of her preparations to celebrate May Day. She showed me a little plug and asked if there was any harm in her having it, and I said no. Mr. Cooper and atticus told me that Mrs. C. was teaching the colored school to sing a song which has this chorus, "woman with the traitors and up with the stars" and that she was preparing the filing to exhibit in that connection. I said she should sent it to the negroes privately and publicly too and to Mrs. Christian(who with reluctance admitted I asked her about it) that hay day celebrations, we did not generally use national flags and that it was peculiarly unpleasant and appalling to the feelings in the humanity, to exhibit that flag in that connection with that song and at that time - and as I believed that that action would bitter the feelings of the community, clearly the prejudices of each race against each other, and inculent hate and venom. I said to her and to all that it was injudicious and I could not approve it and that I would not allow a friend child from any house to be taught and sentiments any school. Mrs C. thanked me for telling her about it. I said as much to her as I did to anyone, she can befriend she says her error and was sorry for it. do you want a national song? she might do so, but the people of Georgia would not want sensitive freedmen understanding it would condemn the action. That was the only allusion made by me to a flag or a song. 
I said publicly in Mrs C.'s school and in her presence, that there might be great caution in moving adults into those schools now taught for the freedmen - that they should not be received beliefs they had the visible need of support; this in my judgment.