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I do not hold to be a friend to the Freedmen and an enemy of the white man, but this I do hold to be a friend to my Country, to the whole Country, to loyalty, and good works. 
And Sir I am as ready to arrest a perpetrator of Crime in one color as I am in the other. The issue of politics in this State may be between the Whites & the Blacks but the issue of the Bureau is between right and wrong. 
As proof that I am not "Altogether in favor of the Whites"
I refer you to Jack Hallom's case a Freedman who was lodged in jail to await trial before the Circuit Court under bond of two hundred dollars. I wrote to J.J. McKennie JP of Carthage and had Jack's bond reduced to one hundred dollars, and had the case transfered to the Probate Court that he might be tried at once and allowed to prosecute the interest of his crop. 
In regard to settlements I would respectfully refer you to Capt. B.J. Curry's letter in which he sets forth the manner in which I made the settlement at his plantation, also to Mrs Ann T. Randolph's settlement in which I deducted one hundred dollars from her charges against the Freedmen. 
Every case presented at this office has received just and careful attention, and every effort has been made to secure justice to all men.