, 1865-11-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Problem Concerning the
Southern Freedmen.

excessively mortified 10 find that such gross
cxaggerasions hare been published By an ac-
credited agent Of the Bureau, md will hardly
be SO mistaken IN hts next appointment. 30
far from Its being true that there are ''twenty
Thousand utterly destitute negroes hcrc,'
there ere scarcely more than twenty thousand
negroes OF eyery condition, and Of these at
least three-fourths arr thrivlugly prosperous,
and the majority of the remnindeF industrious
and frugal and with little judicsous aid will
get on their feet in due course, as White peo-
pie In similar circumstances do. That there
should bc few hundred, possibly oren
thousand Of orphans, inarm or unfortunate,
with percentage of the unambitious who
should not be helped, Ia not surprising; but
when 1t is known, as the recent report Of au
agent Of the Bureau shows, that e'eren branch
es Of the American Frecdmen's Aid Commits
sion and independent relief societies have
teachers and relief agents here, people will
naturally ask whethszi II Is necessary, ecouom-
ical or wise In Mrs. GriG1ng to make still an
other independent tour Il hear she has gono
West, where she has friends) in behalf Of these
few, confusing the benevolent, interfering
With The operations Of regular agencies, and
preventing far more contributions than she
receives.
Personally, Mrs. Grif1ing is, 80 far as I know,
aboTe criticism: but as worker among the
+; freed people, she has shown herself SO un-
. wise, tl,at her career il probably closed.
i GEN. F1sK NOT ALLOWED 10 RESIGN.
!; Gen. Fisk has returned to Ills headquarters
at Nashville, after an unsuccessful endeavor
to secure the acceptance of his resignation.
The President exhibited 10 him petitions from
: scorea Of the leading rebels Of Tennessee, az
we'll as from The loyal, demonstrating against
Gen. Fisk's release. When the Generals un-
GnChing adherence To the sererest standards
ofeaual justice Is remembered, such tributes
10 q truly manly SUCCESS will be appreciated
as their rarity deserves. Action WIS deferred,
however, until the return Of Gen Howard,
Who promptly put o quietus upon the case By
saying With noble heartiness a. honorable
10 himself as to his assistant 20 He can have
my place; but he cant leave the Bureau!"
TIE Preaident eent twice for Gen. Fisk, nud
detained him several hours at each interview,
going into full sud careful discussion Of the
administration Of the affairs Of the Bureau In
Kentucky and Tennessee, and ending BY
abundanily sustaining the General upon every
Issue. II will be remembered that The uoto-
| rious old rebel, John Orerton, of Nashville,
ea1o ~ ~, ~ thc Wcslthic.t man and the mean
est rrbcl in the State. Ct Ss.me to the General
with his pardon d fcw weeks ago. and de-
mandcd the restoration Of his Tennessee
estates, upon Which therc are quasterea some
thousands of industrious and prosperous
darkes. The General promptly but good
naturcaly assured 3lr. Overton tLat tic re-
quest, although modest enough, could not be
entertained that military necessity, harder
than the hand Of fate, held every acre fast
that five loukand people could not be dis
possessed Of comfortable homes at the ap-
proach OF winter to accommodate one rebel
a vigorous exhibition Of the suprema parch~
parchment had No persuasive effect :; and 60
AE. Oyerton and the General each came down
to sec Father Andrew about It, What Father
Andrew said to Mr. Orerton, has not trans
pited, but when In tic 8rst interview with
General Fifk the OveEton case came up and
two or three questions had been asked and
answered, q bell was nerrously rung, and the
order to tho attendant was "TclegTnph Gov
ernor Brownlow to return John OTerton's g
pardon to me at once /"
TIE SOUTHERN KALEIDOSCOPE.
If similar order could be given IN each Of
an hundred other easscs know OF, where en-
lire colonies lsve been rendered paupefs at q
stroke Who would hare been welLto-do clti-
xens a year herce, to accommodate one rebel
sral Treasury and the pockets Of the bencvo-
lent would be materially relieved, not to men
tiGn far Sraycl considerations. This whole-
sale. 1Gtun Of estates to pardoned
rehcls, with practically no regard to
any other interests than those Of the pardon
ed hut still defiant rebels, was long ngo car
ried 50 far as to become odious in The extreme ;
and It is with the protoundest qualification
that am able to authorize tie nnnouuce-
mcnt of a modified and more reasonable pol.
Icy. The tardy and chec-lcss acquiesceuce OF
the provisional Legislatures mud conventions
urged, LAS let in far more light On the South
crn problem than could have come through
any other channel. It Is peculiarly amusing
10 watch Mr.. Forncyfs Caronie.t. especially
its reprints. Of the Occasional" letters,
@ ana sec how from day to day ths
sec distinctly lined against the horizon Of the
coming year millions of American citizens OF
African descent. Later the view grew
misty, and he vas not sure that the figures
were African; mud anon he could zee 10 more
figures at all Later still his dreams were
DISTURBED with monstrous carfcatures voting
Africans!
.sAynunf, fonl fendst Avaunt!'
Oh no, ncrer! But again the vision changes.
The Elecp is Tranquil, md the dream healthfui
and prophetic. The distant figures reappear.
Somewhat fstntly at first, and with evident
memory OF former Ill usage; but anon they
gain clearer outline, especially they who rep.
resent this district echoes Of the wonderful
Presidential address to the black regiment
ana l.eoteea tes al us as' ,aRasa Rs' Of *efs s
senatorial seer to be pregnant with Eur
psising meaning. Did moi HEs Excellency say
that freedom Is the glorious privilege Of
work." What else could he mean thGn that
tho neErots Of this District must votes Did
lie not fay that black soldiers should avoid
corucr g1oceriese How can they II they arc to
be entertained at the polls: Did he not tell
Major Etcnrns that II be was mol President, he
should favor negro Suffrage? What less. will
he accept from Congress then. thnn the en-
franchfsement of all the negroes of this Dis
trict at the rerT opening Of the session.
GoD's VOICE N THE NATIONS SOUL.
Yet. the tide is turning. And this, not be-
cause one msn or another wills ii, but be-
cause the national conscience, which Is God g
voice in the nation's soul, DEGREES It. Such
htdcous injustice as whipped but unhumbled
rebels nrc still Inintrato to fa5tcn upon the
nation, rouses all the vengeance Of the ont
back tho devices Of the wicked upon their
Own heads. The negro will find friends in
Congress where the rebels find none; not be-
cnuse black Is better than white, bat because
unswcIving loyalty is stin preferred 10 red
handed treason.
TIE FngEpAEs's AGENT AT NEW ORLEANS.
General Fe1le,ton. whose astoplshInr stu-
has tecn u. rriiered hr pr;oad;er 1;cnera9 RarI
wbo wil1. Il is ia be honeJ. s., far avoid the
sross mistake Of his l1ameaIate predecessor,
IS to consider himself the Commissioner Of
the Frcedmen's Bureau, auccording to the
tenor Of his assignment, and not simply the
neeut of the ex-sIayeholders set to persecute
the cx-slaves. Each day OF reflection iu-
creases the mystery Of Gen. Fullcrton's brief
things It could not have been long continued,
even Il Gen. Candy Ind not forcibly sup.
pressed its grosser features, and now that II is
pnst, II Is not necessary to spend time IN re-
Prospective analysis
TIE cuAndEs AGAINST Mr. CONWAY.
Mr.. Conway, for several years in charge Of