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of the slave. The slave must appear thro' the master in court, in all contracts. He could not speak, act, or be spoken to or acted with, except by the consent, express or implied, of the owner. 

All that is necessary for we Southern people is a little time to get rid of the prejudice against color, transfer our keen perception of right and wrong from the Master to the Negro - to the freedman. View the Colored man as standing clothed with those rights so long merged in the White man - and laws will be made accordingly by these States, and the same will be enforced.  But we are not prepared in one short season, of our own free will, to metamorphose the slave, distinct in color, so that he may stand as our equals in controversies of mine and thine.  We falsely fancy that we are losing somewhat of dignity and importance.  Hence the necessity of the continuance of the Bureau.  Good men, law abiding citizens, may complain, but they will not seriously object to the continuance. And men who will look to the very nature of things in our country, will object to the abolishment or removal of the Bureau.

A great many things are necessary to