Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-07

have persis.ently refused 10 do anything but
eat, loiter and sleep. They fail TO tell You
OF the cases where, just as the harvest was
to commence, every hand has suddenly dis
appeared from the place, leaving the laborS
OF year to decay in the field. They fail to
tell you Of great bands of colored people who
leave their former homes and congregate In
the cities and villages, or settle on planta-
ton without permission from the owner,
seeking only food, and utterly careless OF
the future. On the very day that left Ricks-
burg, a poor woman came TO me with COM
plant that at least fifty negroes, not one OF
whom she had ever before seen, had settled
on her farm and were eating the few stores
she had laid aside for winter use.'
Our sympathies are due TO the White as
well as to the black race, though we have no
constitutional right to control either. The
difficulties surrounding this question can only
be met and overcome by practical men. 1t
is an easy matter to theorize on the subject ;
to point out the evils likely to result from
the policy of the President, but it will be
found far more difficult to suggest any other
method not likely to result i'll still greater
evils.
General Howard, who stands at the head
of the Freedmen's Bureau, is man OF great
purity of character, and will never sustain
system which he does not think productive
of good; and yet, after carefully observing
the operations of thai Bureau, | am con-
WINGED that more evil than good will result
from perpetuating it after the States nave
adopted constitutions prohibiting slavery.
In nv remarks upon the Bureau, do not
wish to reflect upon any of the officers con-
nected with il. Generally they are earnest
and sincere men, and are doing all in theiI
power to make it successful. 1t is Of the
system speak. / contend that it is so ut
terly foreign to the principles by which ouI
peolpe have been governed, that 1t cannot
continue. j have become fully convinced
that the policy adopted by the President O
leaving to the respective States the entire
control of their local affairs is the only safe
policy that can be adopted.
THE MISSISSIPPI MILITIA-HE ADVOCATES TIL
DISARMAMENT OF ALL THE UNITED STATE!
TROOPS NOW IL THAT STATE.
In response to an application for instruc
tions as to the jurisdiction of military tribu
nails, received from the War Department
communication informing me that the Gov
eminent regarded the State OF Mississippi n
still in state Of rebellion. Immedatel,
after the receipt Of these instructions, tn,
Provisional Governor proposed to organic
and arm the militia of the State. Actin
under my orders | would not permit it,
subsequently, the President, taking a viey
of the condition of the State, differing some
what from that taken by the War Depart
mcnt, resolved to withdraw the United State
troops from the State, which, of course, re
moved all objection to the organization c
the militia.
So far from feeling annoyed at the result @
this matter, most heartily approve the re
mOval of the troops from that State, and
most earnestly hope that within thirty day
every soldier now on duty there will be mus
tered out of the service, anathat all attempt
to interfere in her local affairs will cease
Now that the State has adopted q constitu
ton which does not recognize slavery,
would confide to her the settlement of al
questions likely to arise as to the means O
supporting and controlling the freedmen.
believe that the people will regard the in
terest of the State as closely identified wit
that of the freedmen, and that such laws vii
be passed as will be best calculated to pro
mote the interest Of all.
HE FULLY ENDORSES THE PENNSYLVANIA
PLATFORM.
1t is with these significant words tina
General Slocum concludes his elcquen
speech:
The triumph of the Democratic party vii
be a clear, unmistakable Endorsement of tn
Presidents policy-an unequivocal declara
tion on the part of the people of this grea
State in favor of the "subordination of mil
itary to civil rule, tbesretoration of th,
authority of the Courts, and the recognition
of the equality or tho States"