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they think proper. No personal violence has been threatened that I have any knowledge of, so far as the Freedmen are concerned, such threats however are freely made in relation to leading Republicans, and in the event of the attempts to carry them out being made, it would probably involve the whole party, White and Black in a bloody struggle, such an event in the present excited state of the public mind is liable to occur at any public gathering.

Both parties usually attend Courts; and public places fully armed, (notwithstanding the law prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons) and a difficulty between them would probably be attended by considerable bloodshed.

The powers of Bureau Officers are so limited, that they are scarcely able to protect themselves from insult, or worse, and it is impossible to afford to the Freedmen the protection that it is desirable that they should have.

The civil Officers are universally disloyal, and disposed to do as little as possible that is favorable to the colored man or Refugee.