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or at least ought to know them pretty thoroughly - I say that the United States authorities should be careful not to take notice of every small matter, but when they do find cause to act they should do so firmly, and not fail to make an example. Cause for exultation, that at this or that place we whipped out the United States is doing much harm. It is far better not to act at all than not to act with firmness and decision.

The prospects before us here are rather gloomy, the free labour system does not work very well and seems likely to work worse next year than this. And I can see that both white and black are in fault. But the people here will not hear to their being in fault at all themselves  The women are especially irritable. If the bread is ill [[strikethrough]]cooked[[/strikethrough]] baked or the meat half done, the United States is to blame for it. To tell them, "you have brought all this upon yourselves by secession", is touching a sore place. The eagerness to get back into the Union, in order to put down the Radical party as we are called is intense, and when they do get into Congress, they would make a league with the Devil if the thing could by any possibility be done, for the chance of working out our destruction. 

When on the 4th July the negroes were in procession, the demonstrations of hatred were open, and defiant, and about that time an arrangement was made to have a ball in honor of the battle of Manassas - the ball will take place. The greatest hatred exists towards negro schools  We have one established here, and we will see that it stands in spite of the opposition of the secessionists but in the country they will be able to defeat us.  I am not eager about schools in the country at present, because I see no sure means of succeeding but that must come in time. The Missionary schoolmaster is now out in the country endeavouring to establish schools there - with the advice of the