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lands which have been acquired through their labor. There is land enough in the U.S. to maintain a hundred million, if it could be brought into requisition. And how can our country flourish when a few men in some sections of county own nearly all the land. It is of my opinion no country can flourish long where this is the case. But let the country be densely populated & the soil well cultivated. Then it may be said of us in truth, that we are a powerful nation. I am truly sorry that our Legislature did not accept of the proposition offered to them by Congress. But so far as I myself was concerned I was willing to any proposition offered for the return of the State into the Union.

I have submitted what I have stated in my letter for your consideration. & if you wish you can let any friend of yours in Congress see it, because I want them to know that I am friend to the Freedmen. However I would not like for my name to be published at present & as things are now. I have nothing more but remain your sincere friend.

H.A. Wicker

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Herbert A. Wicker