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of both races.

Col Dudley has been - to speak with moderation - most unfortunate in his administration. I was forced to the unwelcome conclusion that the Bureau in his hands had been made an instrument of wrong to the Freedmen, an engine of oppression to those for whose protection and defence it was established. The Freedmen were unanimous in their disapproval of his conduct, and a large number of the genuine friends of freedom earnestly implored his immediate removal. Col Dudley was supported by many most excellent gentlemen and worthy citizens, but they were the class in whom the Freedmen have no confidence whatever  In justice to the Colonel it is proper for me to state my own convictions that his errors were more of the head than the heart.