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Office Sub Asst" Com" Bu" RF & AL Texas Dallas Dec" 30" 1867 Lieut J P Richardson Act Asst" Adjt General Bu" RF & AL Texas Austin Texas Lieut I desire to call your attention to the feelings & actions of the people in this Sub Dist" Within the last month they have become very outspoken in their views displaying a hatred for the US Government & a desire to destroy everyone that represents or upholds it that is unpleasant to realize. They state publicly & tell us to our faces that if they possessed the power they would kill us or drive us from the country. The feeling against the Freedmen is bitter & is becoming more intense as election approaches & the reality is forced upon them that they are truly Freemen & permitted to vote this fact galls them (over)