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reconciled to the change, and till their feelings of hatred had abated;- that a complete restoration of rights, privileges and property was to come after a period of probation, in which they had given some evidence of their changed feelings.  I have thought much on this subject, have watched the development of feeling among the Southern people, and am satisfied the time has not yet arrived for such a transfer.
   The order of General Swayne and the letter of Governor Parsons are unexceptionable in form.  If justice to the Freedmen can be secured by the means indicated in these documents, and if the processes be not too expensive, and if ruinous delays be not allowed, then it may be, that all this movement is good.  But it seems to me that as delicate a matter cannot be smoothly managed in the present temper of Mississippi.
   You will probably remember that General Slocum issued a General Order No 10., dated August 3, 1865, in which the following clause occurs: