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to state that, [[strikethrough]] state [[/strikethrough]] his apostacy has long been acknowledged by them. He has given me more trouble, since I have been on duty here, than all the other civil officers of the county whenever a Freedman had a [[strikethrough]] civil [[/strikethrough]] criminal case to prosecute, In view of his claiming to be [[strikethrough]] loyal [[/strikethrough]] a "loyal man" and the cause which he has pressed in his official capacity toward Freedmen, it has the most contaminating influence on the public mind, and especially upon the other magistrates who make pretentions to nothing friendly toward the General Government. What may we not expect from them when a man under the cloak of loyalty ignores all law and justice when ever a case comes for his action in which a colored person is directly interested?

No a day passes that this same Wallace does not violate a law which he is sworn to keep inviolate by the retail of Whiskey, Sundays not excepted, For this retail traffic he has no licence. His customers, are a class of people who, in almost every instance, break the peace, and he for two reasons, at least is the most loth of all men to prosecute such offenders. First: from the fear of 

Transcription Notes:
apostacy = apostasy = the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.