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the feeling of bitterness against the Government and its representatives is daily increasing and becoming more aggressive. This is evident from the bearing of these men, who give tone to public sentiment, and thus direct the vindictive hatred of the enemies of the Gov't. The treatment extended to those men, who have shown a disposition to accept the situation and who are earnestly striving to secure the speedy restoration of the state to its rightful political relations to the Govt. The threats made that freedmen shall be driven out of the land &c. all contribute not only to rendering the continuance of the Bureau a necessity but toward