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I presume it is unnecessary for me to refer, to the present feelings of the "Freedmen" towards the Civil Authorities, as, their past teachings are well known to you. The County is also sadly in want of public buildings, there being no place for confinement within its limits, and also, should the action of the civil power be required immediately it would be impossible to obtain the same, as, there is no Justice, within six miles of the place; as to the power of the civil authorities, to enforce its rulings among the "Freedmen", a case which recently occurred here, will well illustrate. I have, thus briefly referred, to the condition of affairs, in this county, and would now ask your written endorsement, as to what the Civil Authorities, are desirous of having done, the same being in accordance, with conversations which we have had, during personal interviews recently held. 

I will simply add in conclusion, that nothing would give me greater pleasure, than to see peace, and quietness, in the county, under the jurisdiction of the civil authorities, but for the present, I believe that it is impossible. time will no doubt, lessen the black population, which now, so far preponderates over the white, and also remove the hostile feeling which now exists, thus relieving you from the many difficulties, under which you now labor. My labors will be, as they ever have been, not to alienate the feelings of the whites and blacks but if  possible to establish a good understanding, and harmony between them.