New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-24
. mvssHssIPPs OUTRAGR.

A MIssNssIPPH OUTRAGK.
Toa act which established tho freedmens
Bureau proceeded on tho theory that some
other than civil authority WA required tor the
protection of the emanoipated blacks Inc
Bureau was created 20 continue during inc
present war Of Rebellion and for ono year there
astcr" The States in which It's work was 10
he done were in insurrection, and wcro without
anv civil magistrates recognized by the Federal
Government. To the Bureau, therefore. was
committed the control" OF al SUBJECTS
relating TO refugees and freedmen Among
the provisions Of tho act. WAS grant
Of authority to the Commissioner 70
set epart lands 20 tho extent o. forty
acres TO each male citizen. whether refugee OF
freedman; and it WAS enacted that tho person 70
whom land was so assigned should be pro
;ected in is use and enjoyment. And, shortly
after the Bureau began operations under uen.
How ard. an order from the War Department
directed all commanders of the military forces
Of the United States 70 lend ali Deedful AID TO
Che officers of the Bureau in carrying out itS
prrooscs. In word. the Freedmen'S Bureau,
though established by sct OF Congress, eAis'- oy
an authority unknown 20 and inconsistent WIN
the municipal law of the States, and depends tor
is existence, as we'll 10 .or It's efficacy, upon
military law. II could not survive q day after
civil law had b,el fully restored, and 1t could
not do An act bat for the military power behind
IL.
With this principle AID these faots IN view,
let u, look at recent case in Mississippi.
Capt PEEK. . Superintendent oi The Freedmen :
bureau. vas Stationed at iIllchurs,, near
Jackson. IN the performance of his duty IN
his own olice. Ne vas .n,Iiled, repeatedly aud
cut.,geousy, by white citizen. Ailer bearing
with the man ,or some time patiently, he
ordered him on. Of th, Office and ~hen hc
-eflsed 70 90. ordered the guard 10 take him
out. which they did. 1heneupon tho man got
. warrant from u mag on charge ol
assault aud battery. and the Sheriff. with
pose OF Rebel State militia, arrested Capt
pect ald pat him into jail. BY order
Of Gen. O,terhius. Lieut.. Col. ellison,
with 'olr companies OF the 5Sth United State:
Col,red Infantry, released Capt. Peck and put
The sheriff in jail n III, place. Next, Mr. Ben
iamiu 9. Humphreys, recently elected Cover
no-. b'.t not e. allowed N assume ;ha, office,
reported the case 20 The President with this
comment. "The o.yi. authority Is thus dehed,
,ad pat in slbordfa,.on to the military" The
response Va the i3loWng telegram from the
Secretary Of War.
WAsHiSDrOs Nor. D. I1t5.
/ II G,r HrrgHrL.'. Tie President has received
y0u- tr, gram of October 81. and has dircctcG Con
O,.ernous 10 cause Sheriff Redgs 10 be released from
tsOuu.ont. that 'ol. ellison H. relieved iron CON
mand ihaf Aere BE- 10 Jprfher -'a-y 'rtertncei and
fhai Gen OstcTbaus report al the fao 0r further IN
,irucuons. EpwN ii. STANTON. Secretary OF War.
the spir, Of thi, order i to be carried out
in future cases, the Freedmens Bureau might
As wcH bc abolished outright. 1t will exist
4 hereafter only - suierance OF evil officer
elected under Rebel State Governments. II i,
impossible 70 conceive q case in which il caI
execute an order or be Of further benefit to th,
negro. A superintendent must either disregard
the welfare of the freedmen and neglect th'
orders Of Gen. Howard wholly, or lie will come
under tho ban of the civil authorities. Ifhe hold
"a court as he must and arrests any white cit.seI
FOR Outrage on black one, IS he frequently
viii. he citizen has only 10 get 4 warrant from
a civil magistrate and in turn arrest tn,
superintendent. If the Bureau sends anothe
officer. he will Snare the fate of his predecessor
Military power cannot help him, because if
commander obeys the order Of the War Depart
ment and assists the officer Of the Bureau,
Rebel Governor will have power to cause him Il
: be reprimaudcd and relieved from duty by thl
t President. The condition of things whicl
made the Bureau necessary is unchanged
but if the military Law which supports i
is changed, and the military power whicl
makes IT. existence possible is withdrawn, th
Bureau must 20 TO pieces, and the only barrie
between the freedman and the hate of his oil,
master will bc broken down. As we canno
suppose the President intends to hand over th
negroes just yet TO the unchecked jurisdiction o
|, a Mississippi slave code, wo must presume tha
the facts in this ease were unknown TO him. an,
that, when they are reported in full, he will re
scind his action.
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