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A request has been made that I should write for a quantity of provisions to feed children who can not otherwise attend the school. I do not know what to say about this application.  I hope you will make your appearance to day to attend the political gathering.

June 3d  The convention on Sat. met a little before 1 P.M. several negroes addressed the crowd, without manifesting much common sense, or idea of what they were saying, and the general sentiment among the negro audience was that the speakers of their own race were "no 'count"; very soon the meeting was regularly organized with Judge Richards in the chair, a com. appointed to prepare resolutions, several speeches made by those who had been original secessionists, but who now profess to accept the congressional plan in good faith, after they were through I spoke briefly, opposing a few ideas which had been advanced, but commending most of the remarks that had been made as in accordance with republican sentiments; the resolutions adopted were very good, I think, for secessionists to propose and pledge themselves to. The meeting adjourned with more incoherent speaking from the blacks.

The Freedmen are very ignorant about the method of exercising the right of suffrage, but are jealous of their white neighbors and not willing to trust them at all on this point; the great majority just want to find out how the republicans of the north vote, so as to "do like as they do"; they will believe almost anything I tell them and are very anxious I should give them more information, therefore I would like