ALS. Discusses recent election. States that the former Confederates did not vote for anyone suspected of Unionism. Black voters were induced to vote the way the former Confederates wished. Says that Unionists are not safe in the county and that Negroes are being shot, whipped, & driven off by the Ku Klux marauders... Complaints made to authorities are uniformly treated with contempt. Without military force warrants cannot be served in this county. Says that even visiting Northern Republicans must feign sympathy with the former Confederates. States that were a person to write and complain, as he has done, the result would be fatal, but he trusts Brownlow. Expresses hope for Congressional action for protection.