[1170] G. O. No. 13, Sept., 1865. This order was in force until 1868. See N. Y. World, Nov. 20, 1867.
[1171] These propositions were approved by A. Humphreys, assistant superintendent at Talladega, and by General Chetlain, commanding the District of Talladega. Selma Times, Dec. 4, 1865.
[1172] Selma Messenger, Nov. 15, 1865; N. Y. World, Nov. 20, 1867.
[1173] Ku Klux Rept., p. 441; N. Y. News, Sept. 7, 1865; oral accounts.
[1174] Swayne’s Report, Jan., 1866. Rev. C. W. Buckley, in a report to Swayne (dated Jan. 5, 1866), of a tour in Lowndes County, stated that while the Bureau and the army and the “government of the Christian nation,” each had done much good, all was as nothing to what God was doing. The hand of God was seen in the stubborn and persistent reluctance of the negro to make contracts and go to work; God had taught the 8,000,000 arrogant and haughty whites that they were dependent upon the freedmen; God had ordained that “the self-interest of the former master should be the protection of the late slaves.”
[1175] Swayne’s Report, Oct. 31, 1865.
[1176] Freedmen’s Bureau Report, Oct. 24, 1868.
[1177] De Bow’s Review, 1866.
[1178] Freedmen’s Bureau Report, Dec., 1865.
[1179] Howard’s Circular Letter, Oct. 4, 1865.