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calculations of the white race here to govern the Freedman by just laws and appeals to his interests as is the case with white laborers elsewhere: for instances, if a negro abuses in any way the privilege of carrying arms, the whites in the vicinity are disposed to rise at once and disarm all blacks, the peaceful and vicious alike, thus forcing them to band together in self-defence.  If a Freedman is wronged no matter how outrageously he cannot get redress at Civil law. This is emphatically true of a great part of the State.  In this thing the whites are doing themselves a serious mischief, as I believe time will prove, but they will not see it now.

Soon after entering on duty in this district, as I had the honor to advise you at the time, I tried the experiment of appointing civilian Agents.  These selections were made with, as I thought, great care, and always on recommendations made by the most respectable citizens of the vicinity.  I regret to say that in a majority of cases the experiment has proved unsuccessful and