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might work a remedy for their grievances. 
With all drawbacks, there is, however, a hopeful tendency towards the establishment of harmonious relations between black and white which is decreasing daily the danger of collision. It cannot be denied that, from the lower classes of whites, there are occasional manifestations of hatred and contempt for the black race, and, also, that there are some impulsive, turbulent and bad men among the colored people and their leaders; but the one of these too classes is generally kept in restraint of the community, and the other is daily losing strength as the evil consequences of their advice and action come to be clearly seen and understood by the more thoughtful, discreet and well meaning.
As to the operation of the State laws upon the freedmen, it is quite apparent that, as they were originally enacted in the spirit of making as little concession as possible to the newly enfranchised race, so they practically operate to keep the freedmen at the point where enfranchisement left him. Their tendency