Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-02-23


prosecutions the accused shall enioy
the right to u speedy and public trial by
an impartial jury of the stale or district
wherein the crime shall have been com
mitteI. The safeguards which the W is
dom and experience of ages taught oui
fathers to establish rs securities for the
protection o. the innocent ana the pun.
ishment Of the guilty, are 10 be sci
aside, and for the sake of more rigor-
Gus Interpretation in behalf OF Justice
we are to take the risk OF the many acts
OF injustice which woali OF necessity
follow from an almost countless mum
Der of agent established in every ps,lisl,
OF county IN nearly a third Of the states
o. the Union over whose decisions there
l. tn be no supervision Or control 10y the
Federal courts. The power chat would
thus be placed in The nanls of the Pres
ialent is sucn us in time OF peace certain
~ ought never 20 DC entrusted 10 any
one man.
Ii it be asked whether the erection OF
Olcll tribunal within state is war
ranted as measure of war, the uues-
zion Immediately presents Itself wheth-
or we ale eng tged III war? Let ~ not
uun> cessaliIy disturb the commerce and
credit aud industry OF the s'tu .i..E :
declaring to the American people and
b the wUlli chat the Unlteu a,L..,es u. \
stlll i'll n condition oil evil war. A
present there is no part of or country
III which the authority o. the United
States is disputed. Offences That may
be committed by Individuals should not
work u forfeiture OF the rights OF com
muEit!eS. The country has entered, or
Is rcturning 10, state OF peace and in
duStry, and the Rebellion IS in tact at an
end. The measure, therefore, seems TO
he as inconsistent Wlth the actual con-
dition o the country, as 1t is ut variunce
with the constitution OF the United
States.
PassinG from general considerations.
ii we tx I'm ne the bill! III detail, it is
open To weIGhty objections. In time OF
wa" it Wa en- Gently proper that we
should proviv f.. those W. 20 were pass
ia suddenly rom 4 condition OF bond
"a 3" = syatr ot nee lon. This bill pro-
poses 70 make tne Freedmen BureA,t,
established 10y the at vi 1885, Us yue o.
many great and extraordinary military
measures To Suppress a !urmi iuHle re-
he!!tUii, a permanent Uranvu Of the pub
.ir admin lstrat. on VITA rs powers
really enlarged. | nave no rc;tsOn "a
,I.puse. ana / to not understand it u
% l!.cge.i, hat the act OF ddrca, 1862
h /. p o C I. lnSdilc.vut or the purpose
iot Wl.ch Ii was passed, although ut the
time, and Tor II considerable period
thereafter, the government OF the Unit
ed states remained uuacknow lodged in
most of the states -~.1ose inhaUitants
la been involved n the rebellion. me
institution of slavery, for the destruc.
ton OF wnicn the Freedman's Bureau
WAS called into existence as an auXiiIa-
-.
and finally abrogated throughout the
. whole country 10y an amendment ot
the constitution of the United States
and practically its eradication has re-
cciVed the assent and concurrence %
most OF those States which at anytime
had existed L ann not, therefore, able
to discern in the country anything t.
justify an apprehension that the power,
and agencies of the Frcedmen's Bureau
winch were ctiectuai for the protection
OF the freedmen and refugees daring the
actual continuation u hOstiiities aud o.
a rican servitudc, VIII now, in time o.
peace and after the abolition OF slavery,
prove Inadequate to the same enus. Il
1 am correct IN these views, there car
be no necessity Ior the enlargement o
the powers of the Dure;,u, FOR wnici
provisions is made i'm the bill.
ilS iIl1u ScSiioh vi Vic OH NutIiDti
yes general and unlimited amount %
support 10 Ihe destitute and suffering
re.u;- GEES and freedmen and their wIve
and children. succeeding sections max,
| provision for the rent or purchase o
landed estate IUr freedmen, and tor tn
erection FOR their benefit OF suitable
buildings for iiayiutnS and schools, the
expenses to +Je betrayed moan LAe treas
; prr OF the whole people.
Jne CUnggcaS OF tlr Omitted States has
never, ucTct0. ore, thought ItHei! cOmpe-
tent to establish any laws bcyUnd the
limits OF the District OF Columbia, OK
cppt .Or the benefit OF our disabled sol
aiers. 1t has never founded schools lOl
any class OF our own pcople-not even
.Or the orphans OF those VINO have fallen
in Ihe de cmCp o. lac United States; but
has lett the care OF their education e
tne much more cuniP etent and efficient
control o. the otateS, o. cOmmunl ties,
o. private associations. ana o. lnttlVid-
udlS. 1t has never felt / Sell authorized
To eNpcnd lic p.bi.c lnoltey 10. the rent
o. purchase % homes for the thousands,
MOI TO lay millions, OF the white race
who are honestly JoIlinS from day "a
day 4or their SUBS ISSUANCE. AsyiumS .or
the support o. INDECENT persons in the,
United >,ateS WAS never eonUem plated
by the autlio, $ o. III. Const tuition, nor
can any good reason ne advanced why
such ESTABLISHING hts should be founded
for one class OF color @, our leOpie more
than another. Pending The Wal, many
re ugeeS ANA freedmen received SUPPORT
from the Government; but it never wa.
intended that they should hencefortl
he fed, clothed, educated and sheltered
by the United States. The idea on
which the slaves were assisted to free
dom was that, on becoming free they
should be a seit-sustainiug population
Any legislation that snail imply thai
they are not expected To attain Il sell.
sustaining condition must have Il ten
deDcy injurious alike 10 their character
and their Prospects.
The appointment OF an agent for ev
cry county and parish wiii create al
immense patronage, and the expense o
the Numerous officers AMI their clerks
10 be appointed by the President, vii
hc great IA the beginning, with Il ten
ttancy 80 q steady increase. The appr0
prtatlon asked by the ffee.I IA IL ; i5tI.
reau a. now established for h yeaI
4rJa. Alt1uu,a % al ,..Il,OJD. ] u}ay u,
sadly estimated tilat the uu-l 10 be ~
eug.et uuAcr cine peudinL bi!i, VIII G
.Iuuc ooJo.e Jit@t ,l.UU4ut--uinEe tlial
.car 49,. tia y1t.u -a.sl.tt,luu %. tn IA
AIt>Al-.
/ inv pge.rncC q: a Gnts in every par
ls4i an. co1Ht., Is "a De considered as
war measure, opposition, or even resist
euce, might he provoked, so that TO Civ,
effect to their jurisdiction, troops woulC
have to be stationed within reach OF ev
cry one OF them; and thus IA la ge stand
lns Iorce would be rendered necessaI Y
Large appropriations would there. or,
be required 10 sustain and enforce mil
itary Jurisdiction i'll every county ant
PARISH, from the Potomac 10 the ri,
Grande. The condition of war fisca
affairs are encouraging; but in order tc
sustain the present measure OF publ,
confidence, it is necessary that we prac
tice not merely customary economy
but so far as possible, severe retrench
ment, .
In addition to the objections alread,
stated, the 9TH section OF the bill pfopos
es to take away land from its lorlne
owners without any legal proceedings
being first hal--contraFy TO the proris
ion OF the Constitution which declare!