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to do injustice, but he has been influenced by unprincipled men, who surround him, and I think it due to myself (who hav been, to say the least, summarily [[strikethrough]] dealth [[/strikethrough]] dealt with, and to the freedmen, who have been outraged), that some inquiry should be instituted. The Freedmen here need the benefit and protection which the Bureau was intended to afford them, They have no one to look to here,- All Rebels and unfriendly to them. And it is of the utmost importance that they should feel [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] confidence in the uprightness of the Bureau, but instead thereof they have been so neglected and maltreated that they Entertain the u[[strikethrough]]u[[/strikethrough]]tmost distrust and suspicion of it. I ask that the charges I have made be examined and if I am wrong in making them I am ready to be reprimanded, but if I have done my duty, I do not wish to be disgraced for it. I refer you to Hon Hiram Price, of Iowa, and Genl. [[strikethrough]] D [[/strikethrough]] Dodge of Iowa.  Your respecty
C.W. Hildreth