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attend in my hearing can be accepted as a true expression of their sentiments - In my opinion, the Negro still occupies his longtime position in the estimation of a majority of the people, viz, a little better than a dog, but not quite as good as a horse.
They are abused, cursed, cheated and maltreated in all sorts of ways.  In many places, - in fact in almost every place in the district, outside of this City, - it is absolutely unsafe for a Negro to return to his home after having made any complaint to the Bureau of a serious nature against a white man; and this being the case and well known tends to prevent reports of many crimes that are committed coming to my knowledge.
Very many cases of debt in which white people attempt to evade the payment of money due Negroes for labor are brought to my notice.  In the majority of such cases it would be utterly impossible for the Negro to collect the claim in the Civil Courts, - some technicality - of the law would be brought to bear in his case, and he would be cast in the suit and compelled to pay the costs - under these circumstances, the sums claimed being generally of small amount.  I use the power of the Bureau to enforce payment.
It will take some years I think for the