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repair almost entirely from discussion. Politically the whites have compelled the freedmen to take side against them. The Conservative candidate openly proclaimed their opposition to education, franchise or elevation for the Colored men and of course they naturally voted for the Republicans who were willing They should enjoy these privileges.

The Moral Condition of the Freedmen is not as it should be but education for the young will in time bear good fruit. 

I am unable to report any temperance organization as yet among the Freedmen but there is much less drunkenness than a few months back and when the political excitement has subsided I may succeed in forming a branch society of the Lincoln Temperance Association

Respectfully submitted,
I have the honor to be, General
Your obt servt

Thos. Jackson
Agent