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[[strikethrough]] res [[/strikethrough]] poorly than this.  I wish also to call your attention to the fact that many white men are enticing freedmen to break fair contracts by the offer of higher wages; in all cases of this kind I have compelled the freedman to live up to his contract, but there is no law to punish the white man.  Also to the fact, that some white men, will not make contracts with their "hands", and have them witnessed by the Agents of the Bureau.  In regard to the feeling existing between the races, I do not think that such a thing as genuine confidence, or friendship exists.  Every white will tell you, that all "niggers" will steal, and that not the least dependence can be placed upon their word, and I do not think that any white, will believe a negroe's evidence, unless it is for his interest to do so, and equally believe that many white men do not consider it wrong to bear false testimony against a negro: every week I am compelled to make [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] some employer pay his "hands" the wages of 1865, and this confirms my belief that they will deal honorably with the Freedmen, only as they are compelled to do so.  There are some honorable men in their dealings with the freedmen, but not a majority, I think.