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or assisting in their execution the right of protesting" "Well, well just go along and you'll have no difficulties, the case of the negro giving a pass was just decided here, it will have to be endorsed by some well known white citizen or Provost Marshall.

The power given the police & guard to inspect the passes of colored men has been the past two days sadly abused,a further continuance is to place a class of our citizens in a state of anarchy and induce more than any other measure to injure the cause of freedom and union.
Very Respectfully,
Alex. M. Davis
[[stamp] The National Archives of the United States[stamp]] 
[[stamp] The National Archives of the United States[stamp]]

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