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Genl. G-.  so far as I can ascertain them are, a belief on the part of the whites that he is the colored mans friend alone -- that he assumed the white man generally in the wrong -- and that from this partiality for the negro, and his freedom of intercourse with them, he exercises an influence hurtful both to the negro and the community at large.  I believe most of the complaints are founded more in the prejudices of the whites than in reality -- but whether right or wrong these impressions exist, and of course to the injury of the General's efficiency.
 
The people further complain that Gen. G-. is brusque in his intercourse with them, often arbitrary in his conduct, that this example is frequently copied by his subordinates -- and that what they desire is to have some one in his place who is free from prejudices