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not be better to send them home than they should be allowed to encumber and depredate upon the Community, which their destitute condition will compel them to do if not assisted. It is true that they might be billetted on the people here, rebel sympathizing if you please, but this would not be just as nearly all have complied with the conditions imposed by the Government, and would not be in accordance with the policy of consideration adopted by the Government. I respectfully ask if all who are not excepted in the late proclamation who desire to go to the loyal States, may not be permitted to do so by taking the oath of allegiance, and that the quarter masters Department furnish transportation to those who are destitute.

The policy or regulations for the government of the negro in his changed condition should be taken into serious consideration. The most important difficulty is that which respects the subject of compensation for his labor. This necessarily must