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which altho' of little consequence to the white man is of great importance to him, he finds it put off from day to day, until his time and patience are exhausted, and he is forced to the conclusion that laws are only made for the white man, and abandons his suit - If he is a party before a jury, where a white man is plaintiff or defendant, with ex-rebel sheriffs to summon the jury, and ex-rebels to try him, the "nigger" who sets himself in opposition to the white man, and who voted against his interests, has but little chance of justice being done him.  Under such circumstances the Freedman's only hope is in education, and the adoption of a Constitution, which will throw a greater shield around his rights and liberty.

With a wisdom scarcely to be expected he looks to the Schoolhouse to give permanence to the boon of freedom, and for the elevation of his race from an oppression under which they have too long and too patiently suffered.  The schoolhouse is his hope and his refuge, and while his children attend day school, the old man and woman, are [[vieing?]] with each other and with their children and neighbores at night schools, and all with the most gratifying results.  In extending its protection and encouragement to this great object, as well as to others, the Bureau has been of incalculable advantage, and without his protection, it will