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the property of the employers and have it sold under military orders for the payments at the rate of $75 per month and, I, as a lawyer, advised them to let the matter take such time as the Col should bring it to.
Sir, knowing you to be a lawyer and a man who looks to the practical effect of any action, I appeal to you to know whether Col De Gress can seize the property of any citizen and sell it under military order in order to secure the claim of one class (the freedmen) of the citizens of the U.S., when the other class (whites) are expected to resort to the Courts of the country for redress?  And, as a lawyer, would not such sale be void in toto when brought before the courts of the County?