The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-23
Bad Instruction.

on the llth VI August, lco0
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Bad In~truction.
At negro suffrage meeting held on
Fridly. in Brooklyn, cOlorcd preacher,
Rev R H. Cain, is thus reported:
"In the South there will, however, be
another revolution yet There Is deep
under current of feeling running among
the slaves, and they feel this-that they
have been in bondage too long All
they ask is simply the right to live and
to have the protection OF the laws as
other men have Unless the government
give the slave the right of franchise,
there will be trouble Loud cries of
.yes.'l Take away the right of franchise
from the black mau and there Sill yet
come the darkest period of our history III
the Southern States. The whites down
there will rise up some Of these morn
ings and ind--I vas going to say it
Laughter You know what | mean
[Continued laughter.
These people probably do not know
that this continued laughter was very
much out OF place, and that this colored
religions instructor of theirs was doing
the cause which they have At heart all
the injury in his power. The Govern
ment aud Congress will act as may be
deemed best for the interest OF both races
in the reorganization of States, irrespec-
tive of all threats, whether they come
from black or white people Aud the
Government. let us assure these ill-ad-
vised and ill-instsucted people of Brook
lyn, is strong enough to make summary
end of those who threaten the revival of
social or political disorder-no matter
how they may conspire for evil. This
Rev. Mr.. Cain has doubtless been brought
up in some of those schools of faction, of
mixed color, wherein threatening and re
pudiation" form primary lessons. This
is the excuse for him.-N Y. Times.
The CoIored Elephant on our Hands.
The Philadelphia North american, a
Republican journal of note, asks and
answers, thus:
WHO FooTS IHE BILLi
A circular is said tc have been issued
from the office of the Bureau of Refu-
gees, Freedmen, aud Abandoned Lands,
which directs that, in accordance with
the acts of Congress establishing the
Bureau referred to. assist commissions
of refugees, &c, will at once make esti-
mates of the amount of provisions, cloth
ing, &c, as may be needed for the re.
spective departments" 1t also states
that rations will not be gratutously is
sued to teachers of freedmen and refu-
gees, but such as are duly authorized by
the Commissioners of the Bureau may
purchase rations in the same manner
as commissioned officers of the army, and
will receive free transportation on gov
ernment transports and railroads Pub
lie buildings, or those seized by the Gov
ernment from dislOyal persons, not re-
quired for military purposes, may be
used for schools, teachers, soldiers wives
and refugees
We know nothing of the accuracy OF
this statement, and give it in the words
we find in print, so that in what we may
have to say upon this subject the text
may he liable to no question. We need
no better proof than this afforded by this
circular of the correctness of our prev
ously expressed belief, that this Ere t.
mems Bureau is likely, unless closely
watched and restricted carefully within
specified bounds, to become as ar"dt a
sink of money as anything connected
with the wal 1t seems, from the word
ING of this document, that the United
States government is t. ct0rhe, feed and
house thousands of persons not in the
military, naval or civil service OF the
republic, not employed upon tho public
works, not doing anything in fact, but
receiving an education
We have not before US the act OF Con
grefs creating the bureau, but the circu-
lar refers to it as requiring these things
to he done, and we find no fault with
General Howard or the government for
emdeavoTing TO perform properly the du-
ties thus enioined But in behalf of the
taxpayers of the republic, we do most
earnestly protest against this whole
scheme as unnecessary and in view of
the tremendous financial embarTassmeDts
Of the nation, little short of outrageous
Guarded as the language OF the circular
would Lead many persons to think the
provisions for clothing, feeding, sc, are,
the terms are guarded only in form,
while in reality the widest notions con-
nected with the scheme may easily be
carried into effect under them When
we spoke of this subject on a recent oc-
casion IL was urged in reply to our stric-
lures that the plan did not contem-
plate the clothing of the freedmen at
the pubic expense. But b. reference TO
the language of General HowGrG's circu-
lar, as quoted above, IL will DO seen that
he instrrcts his su6Ordinates at once 20
make estimates of the amount yf pro-
visions, clothing &, as may Oe needed
tor the supply OF such classes Of persons
within their respective departments.
Not only are they to be fed and clothed
but all the necessaTies OF life and some
of its luIuries may be furnished them
under this convenient clause
When the war broke out tltTc vert
four millions of slaves, and though There
has been a considerable loss dul.Sg the
war, it must not be forgotten that the
race is very prolific There canuot now
/ be less than three and half millions O
freedmen. If the United States Govern
ment assumes the burden of takiug car,