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the part of the whites to deter the blacks from exercising the elective franchise, both by counsel and persuasion as well as by admonishon and warning. The feeling so common between the whites and blacks is becoming the more intensified as the day of election draws near, and nothing but a positive fear that the colored man will be protected in his rights, shields them from serious wrongs and injuries. A sense of moral duty alone will never restrain the whites from acts of injustice towards the blacks. A moral dread of the "Freedman's Bureau" is far more efficatious

Very Respectfully 
Your Obedt Servt.
P.H. McLaughlin
Asst S. A Com B. R.F and A.L.