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These are a few cases that have presented, sufficient to show the protection [(underlined)] afforded loyal citizens by these reconstructed [(underlined)] rebels; the civil law is mere farce, its provisions are only carried out so far as loyal men are concerned; the fact of a man being a "Yankee" makes him a public target, and whether in an official capacity, a merchant or traveller, he is looked when as an enemy, an incendiary, a foreigner in their midst, and is regarded with suspicion. There occur daily outrages upon Freedmen, they are frequently not reported, why? From the fact that there is no security or protection for them if the assailant is cited to appear before the Bureau. In my presenthelpless condition with my hands tied