The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-26
Revival OF the Interstate Slave Trade
A Huge Monopoly Of slave Trading by
Government Employees.
To THE EDIrOR on THE HERALD

Your Richmond correspondent under date Of April H.
says
BY order Of the War Department commission Of inquiry
hs, been Issued into the srkns Of the s"rS.%
% ss ss he Sw Ss q
s%1 % Respect 81 he
osedne no nc e TIA, h
iAry the Bureau does no, arise from
Prominent anong these Is the feeling that the Bureau is
troops are termed and sisnns n,imaton that the south
people not to be trusted Ihad Stevens and
emSodmen, the extreme raacsilsm whieS brought on
il Is hated with a hatred EMO, loud but deep"
That the Freedmen Bureau should be regarded with
feelings OF dislike aud hatred by all respectable classes
at the South, black well white may well cause
some surprise TO those who not familiar with all the
bearings of the question The explanation suggested by
your correspondent is doubt correct In part far
the Southern whites concerned. But the sou.
of the general dislike be found the fact that
in its practical working the Frcodmen's Bureau but
another phase Of the African slave trade 1t has taken
the place, performs the functions and puts into the
pockets OF its employees the profits OF a class Of
known in the South before the NEGRO traders -
That business always considered at the South de-
grading and disrcputabe Those who followed II were
socially ,abooed The profits large because few who
asprcd 10 social position for themselves their descend
ants cared enter into H. and therefore, TO the few who
That monopoly was the result Of public opinion restrict,
ing competition. Those who engaged in the business
had to do their own capital unassis,cd by the
State or federal governments
The Frcedmens Bureau Is in its practical adminstra-
lion, "negro trading close Incorporation and more
odous to the blacks well as 10 the whites Of the South
becaase II s iegazod monopoly, supported under
tai law by the government for The benefit OF few Ut
the expense OF the many aud OF the Interests aud
welfare Of the whole country.
planter, say an Georgia. wants fifty hands to work
his plantation He goes 10 subagent OF 'rhe Barcaur
nd Dil 9tarl nor head Ilo
arc gathered IN sometimes Nv the use OF the bayone
required TO sign contract handed over TO the planter
who takes them away and the Bureau agents di, idc
five hundred dollars by the operation.
Another, an eDterprising cmiuant from the North.
Who wants TO try cotton planting IN Mississippi Ar
kansas presents himself a. the Bureau aud offer twenty
dollars a head tor hny able bodied negro men The idle
negroes picked up, as before and turned over TO be
carried from ocofgia - Mississippi or Arkansas, leaving
tho useless women children and aged OF the families 10
which they long TO become a burden 10 the people OF
georg,a If the requisite number of able bodied can
otherwise be had the Georgia planter who has paid
his ten dollars per head, undes some prcext OF usage
or OF having violated his contract required TO give up
hs aborers that they may be shipped 10 sppi or
Arkansas where the NEGRO trade in Ia pay
ing larger profits than In Georgia The bureau agents
divide one thousand dollars on nifty contracts by this
operation
II Generals steedman and Fullerton will look into this
matter thoroughly they will find that the above are not
Imaginary illustrations OF the abuses 10 which the Blu
reau system Is liable but true examples OF its actual
practical working aud solve the OF the large ship
men' OF abe-boded negro men from Georgia TO Mssis.
Bu, the Interstate negro trade as carried on under
sne government monopoly, known the so.cailod
freedmen's Bureau IL not confined 10 Georgia Mssis.
from your paper
sEoRoys sESr sorrH
~...-s.. WARRINGTON. April q. 1906
Iesernsy evening forty eight colorcd prisoners a
men ana romsn ooys and girls oontrabands and natives
were Win their Own cot sent placed
under charge OF an oncer Freedens Ihev
all charged with petty Tho District k,orney
has entered noe pro.e in eases on condi.io
ths, the persons would 90 SOUTH court viii issue
order for the stolen turned over 10 bs
by the properly clerk. Abou, one hundred and
twenty i've other coored persons nearly all them freed
promised good wages
In many economic respects the Bureau agents unde
types the negro traders OF She old system The latte
required large capital 10 start with they had 10 pal
Their own expenses deriving direct support from gov
eminent they had TO pay their transportation
that OF their negroes from the cheaper markets Of Wash
ngon aud the Middle States 10 the dearer markets OF h
Y0utt. u we Of their nelroSs DIED i wAa ''thNL