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who seem impartial in the treatment of White and Colored.
In regard to Temperance, freedmen now drink but little but whether this is from disposition to refrain or lack of means I cannot say; but can only report my inability to organize a branch of the Lincoln National Temp. Assn. 
The overshadowing topic is the political aspect of affairs. The whole energy of Rebellion is thrown with the attempt of many White against Black and every lie which will serve the purpose of agitation is eagerly copied by the press and circulated among the people. Union men and Freedmen are denounced in the paper and at a Conservative meeting held here on the 25th Hist, leading disfranchised persons of the County spoke in the bitterest terms of any white man who would vote with the negroes and committees were organized for each Magistenal district, ostensibly to canvass on behalf of the conservative interest and bring out every voter against the Constitution, but from the talk in the county, really to terrorize over loyal men

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"with the attempt to array White against" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-20 18:31:57