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of dishonest and unscrupulous men, who would not hesitate to resort to any trickery to deprive the laborer of his earnings, and thereby lay up for themselves an "honest penny" - It is this class of men, who boastingly claim to be the colored man's benefactor & friend, and who bitterly complain of the Freedmen's Bureau. The result of its withdrawal as long as this state of feeling prevails, would be plainly manifest to all well disposed, and honest men. 

The reason is now approaching when the demand for labor, decreases, and many who have had steady employment through the season, have already been discharged from their work, and although a majority of them have been successful in finding other employment of a temporary character, sufficient to provide for the wants and necessities of their families, there are still members who are in actual suffering and distress and to whom aid should be extended during the coming winter. By this class, I have many applications daily for clothing and other things necessary for the alleviation of their sufferings, but I have had such a limited supply of the former on hand, that I have been compelled to deny many applications of the