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loudly demanding their dues, then compromising, and, withal, getting the unfortunate tenants into so uncertain a frame of mind as to his fortune, that, as is usual, the poor Freedmen have given themselves the benefit of the doubt, and in blind faith have left their next year's cabin and crop to Providence. 
It is worthy of note, that there is very little intemperance among the Freedmen.  In the rural districts, intoxication is very rare.  I have not, in sixteen months' administration heard of half a dozen cases in the country; though I am well aware, that there are "gin mills" sprinkled along all the public roads, and that many freedmen expend a portion of their small earnings for liquor.  Scarcity of money and the high price of whiskey have forced a satisfactory degree of general abstinence.  

Transcription Notes:
with·al /wəˈT͟Hôl,wəˈTHôl/ ARCHAIC adverb in addition; as a further factor or consideration. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-06 13:28:58