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raised, and doubtless they will be cared for by the civil authorities.

5th.- The supply of labor is about equal to the demand.

6th.- There are no Schools but there are openings for them and much benefit would result by their establishment.

General Remarks
In my opinion full and complete justice will except in isolated cases, never be awarded the colored race; the Officers of the Bureau by their presence, in some cases temporarily force justice, but this cannot always be. The selfishness of man in dealing even with those of their own color is proverbial. What then can be expected of poor whites (all are now poor) who have been educated to force and overreach the negro. In dividing crops, a majority of the farmers do and will take advantage of the freedmen, (See reports of Bvt. Lt. Col Jordan and Bvt. Capt. Connolly for September)  Hence the desire of the negroes to have and cultivate small tracts of land by himself. Magistrates for fear of popular opinion dare not give equal justice to the negro who appeals or complains and the white who defends.  A Southern jury by the very force of social and popular education, cannot or will not distribute justice equally.

There will be suffering in the District both among whites and blacks before another crop can be raised; in some Counties the crop is quite short from drouth [[drought]]. The care for indigent negroes by the civil authorities is unreliable and will require

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