New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-18

Commsnder& snd other oowmandI.s ofao.,. 60.
Sc so%}Rof details Of onsOcrs and sodiess ~
Barcau Of Freedmen, RefaSc~S ana AHarH q y
and To render them and other 0fllccrr ~ 90 E..
sn amy a of asst %sr % rSeSnited than In
Every officer should at once mako bimsels s..tx..
with the act OF Congress establishing this Bures. ~
win all orders and circulars pertaining ~ the sn,
81 mat accurate Judgment may he formed an IN -
powers and duties ~ the officers Of the Buresn W.
there shall be 10 hesitation the part OF d,.tict ~
post commanders In rendering sid 10 these ocers n
the dscaree OF their official duties they are Of cours
expected 70 know what those duties are and In NO 49,
70 aid in the exercise Of any powers hot b.
law or existing orders. =
establishment Of this Bureau was TO execute Ia gos1
a,'h The Proclamation Of the President emsncipatnG
al persons held as slaves; 10 control them. and 70
secure their rights freedmen until such lime as to
o,ateS In which thew lad been head slaves shall -
end their laws 10 GIVE them 10 ID cr coak
au o.ner righs ahsclacy essential TO them as fe'De
t'4uen. CONF paints afe made to the military auh0gk
iies and 20 the officers of the Freedncns Bure au Of
w ledtnent ri colored uen by thir former masters.
xayx ,sr nssances freedmen have been murdered ~
very Trivial ohensesin instances for merely -
tempting the exercise Of rights fee,y accorded -
every white man IN the state
from tGe's facts 1t appears that there class =
very no longer exists and tnas all State laws re.lisa
TO coored men. which are Inconsistent with the IresF
dents EmArcipat Proclamation, are null aud volA.
Paragraph VII. Circular No. s from tho Buresu q
Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands OF dec
May 30 1865. which was approved nv Pre,idcut John.
or on .. ws Of iii e sSy .,
on this question as must result In convincisu
all classes lot only OF the necessity VI treat ofnso
slaves as freemen. but OF ensctiug such laws a. ~
render unnecessary any further Interference the po
Of the General Government. =
In ompance with the order above mentioned n
eyory locality where the negroes ale denied tie right
OF giving testimony before the eca tribunals OF A.
pealing to those tribunals for justice all difculss
arising between them or between negroes aud whise
men or Indians VIII be adudicatcd by the Assstase
Commissioner OF the Freedmens Bureau, by military
oiLcefs appointed tor that purpose. l5-fUsL III.
VII Luis order. however must not be so construed
ae to give the c0ored mmuhitics not accorded v
other persons II he is charged With tbs volatioa -
any law II tho STATE an ordinance Of any city, ~
when oHense the same penalty 10 Imposed upon white
persons az upon black and II courts giant 70 him tls
same privileges 90 arc accorded 10 white men no ~
reference on the part Of the miliery authorities -
be permitted Several instances have recently beea
reported. In which military officers, claiming 10 A
under the authority OF the order above OentionoG
have taken nom the custody Of the civil sothr,iss
negroes arrested for theft and other m.ademeaasg
In where tho courts willing 10 concsd0
20 them the privileges 40 are grated to whIt0
persons These officers have not been governed ny .
spirit Of the order. The object Of the Government u
not this class from just punishmehti nos =
encourage In them the idea that they can be guilty d
crime and escape it, penalties; but simply 10 secure u
item the rights Of freemen holding at the sao(
time subject the same laws by which other cLsss
are governed
The class Of citizens who are 90 blinded - 70 thiAk
stil holding these coloed men ss slaves and Who b
their unkind treat nenf. doing all In their power
excite their hatred are the worst enemies 81 the sse
On the other hand the proessed friend Of the Negro
ho Is constantly dwelling upon the wrongs that hsv(
been Inflicted upon him by his former master eonstasf
representing TO him that the Government has NOS
granted to him all the privileges 70 which he Il endte
Is the worst enemy OF his race. The coored nian esa
DC Improved and elevated; by making him the ess
nv Of the domn roce among whom he must live, ss(
by making bi the tool politicians but BY impress
upon him the importance Ot education, and Of tor,ne
habits OF industry and economy r..I...
BY order Of Mai. Gen. Slocum- .e
j. WARREN MILLER, Asst. .Adjt GsA