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& brought to see their true interests there must be coercion to compel them to support themselves. This coercion can be exercised by the bureau, more efficiently & with less injury to society, than it could be by the several states. Because regarding the Fed Government as his friend, the freedman submits, cheerfully.

Another reason why I think the Bureau should be continued, grows out of the hostility which a few of the late slave holders cherish toward the freedman - I say a few  - because I believe that the large majority of our people are willing to treat the freedman with strict justice & humanity. But there are some who were cruel & heartless masters, who would defraud the negro of his earnings, & cruelly abuse & maltreat him, if the negro were given up to his controll. Already I have known in my county of two brutal & unprovoked murders & of two other attempted assassinations & the perpetrators of these outrages yet go unwhipped of justice. But it may be asked - Cannot our state laws protect the freedman? I answer for