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fall into their views.

The negro now more than ever needs protection, advice and encouragement. Politics is Just dawning in upon him. He is not yet sufficiently acquainted with the acts and wiles of politicians. Once fooled he will mistrust everyone. Already are their politicians in the field seeking to mislead him. He (the most intelligent) begin to see it. His own race [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] is not to be trusted always. Were this Bureau to be broken up to=day, he is gone. More than ever does he cling to it for truthfulness. He knows the Bureau officer or agent surely to be his friend. and places most explicit confidence in him. This may not appear so to some lookers=on. But let a colored man get into trouble and see how quick he will go to the Bureau, for advice. Politics will run high in this State, and it will need those who have labored among them to presume order, and they only can accomplish this.

Throughout the country the colored are generally at work. Few crimes are committed. When such are, it is generally done by Whites and negroes from other localities wandering through the 
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