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Portland - September 3" 1867.

General Wager Swayne

Dear General-

I had expected, ere this, to have received your views, relative to matters, submitted for your consideration.  The crops are now made, and the cotton crop is being gathered, shipped and sold as soon as it reaches a market.  The those interests rent advances and labor, all partial, in making crops of corn and cotton, are presenting claims for payment where the means are insufficient, which interest must remain unpaid?  There is as equitable as under a  legal view, of these questions, and an equitable view, presenting strong claims for justice as well as humanity.  I mean the Freedmen.   If there is not an interposition in his behalf he will suffer in such a conflict.  But this interest commands itself still more, when "averages" are down and compound for several years, and as a consequence, there is great want and destitution, there are such cases, and they make strong appeals, to authority, for justice, justice that has been delayed.   I regret to say, I have been unable to