The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-05
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| Another class OF charges against the
Freedmen's Bureau bill, which the
/ speaker had introduced in Congress, and
which was not so monstrous as was rep
reseuted-indeed was harmless thing
would now be noticed. Mr.. Cowan, a
| Senator, had told the people of this city
a few nights since that 1t conferred upon
| the negroes the right to vote ana set
| over the people Federal officers ii every
county in every state. The simple object
| of this bill was to perfect the present
! Bureau bill aud to secure equal CIVIL
| rights to all classes of persons in the re :
| bellious states. So far AS its judicial
authority was concerned it was only lnT
tended TO operate in those districts in
rebellion. Military authority Is exer-
cised in them every day. ~
General Sickles few days since issued
| an order in South Carolina for the gov
| eminent of the freedmen, and military
| court in North Carolina tried a white
man-for shooting negro, and sent HIM
| to the Albany penitentiary for ten years.
| Martial law existed in all the rebellious
| states, and he didn't object to such pro-
ceedings under these circumstances.
| There was no trial by jury IN this case.
| Ii it was legitimate for General Grant to
issue an order for the protection Of the
| freedmen, it certainly was IN the power
of Congress to pass a law for the same
purpose. 81 General Howard, who pre-
sides over the Freedmen's Bureau, was
| a brave soldier, and gets no additional
ray, neither does any other officer OF the
| Bureau beside what is due him as ali
officer Of the army. h'' AaA ''s
So far as related to the large number
of officers which the bureau bill pro-.
vided for the appointment OF, they were
! to be appointed by the President, and
not unless he deemed 1t necessary. TT.
however, IL was necessary to have man
employed In every county In the eleven
states to prevent the negro from being
returned to slavery, let them be appoint
| ed--an hundred thousand If need be.
| The bill was to prevent injustice to the
negro. In Mississippi law bad been
! passed denying the freedman the privi1
l iege of buying or leasing land in that
l ttate. ''
| Previous to the passage ofithis law a.
| number had secured plantations, and an
| officer of the Bureau, when this law
| was enacted, addressed General Howard
| to know what was to be done In the
! premises. General Howard telegraphedl
back to him that rs long as the Bureau
was in existence in Mississippi the
freedmen should be protected. Would
it not be mockery to free the negro and
not protect him by law? They meant
to give him freedom in fact, and not in
name. efs4t s5.4 tn II.I nalss7ls4uHf
The power conferred upon the Presi-
dent by this bill was given with the be-
lief that he would not abuse it, as other
powers are entrusted To him. He is
commanderin-chief of the army, as he
ought to be, and could direct the entire
army to be put on board the cars and
kept moving, which would cost In a
| short time $500, 000, 600, but did any sup
pose he would do such a thing? Mr..
Cowan had made great objection to,the
issue of rations, fuel, &C., authorized by
the new bill, but he either misrepre.
sented the case or didn't know what he
was talking about. He presumed the
gentleman would not misrepresent the
facts, and therefore he concluded he
didn't know what he was talking of.
/ The new bill contained provision
which the old bill did not, limiting this
matter within certain bcunds--nO per
sons were to be regarded as INDECENT who
could by employment gain livelihood.
| Wasn't 1t modest In Mr.. Cowan to say
that 1t was impossible for the President
to sign this bill, because the Constitu-
ton gave no authority for it. and that
no one ever pretended that there was
any CONSTITUTIONAL authority for 1t, when
more than two-thirds Of the Senate
thought SO? If 1t would have been per-
jury in the President to have signed It.,
it was perjury for Mr.. Doolittle TO- vote
| for 1t, as he did before 1t was vetoed. 1t
way q pau cause .nat woIld induce "a
puune sPeakeI W n'aNe sucnaccusations
S @;un Di.; =. Opnstess ooioie
an n .,,.tt Auuience. :. 2 : !,
az ieau lo,n .ae yestisnony Oh Senerai
pisAe, ou agent L Tue bureau ior ZEN
LESSEE, gwen before a committee IN
won .s e5s; W PROVE .nat ~ snat sta.e
nfotS wn,.e peopie naq peen feclpehts
VI .ne peheh's oi the bureau thah the
oiaGAs. !. =, :, zl-sse
ne theh aelelrea n. ". johnson
anu "a. n Gsepneis, W Osolg,a, as spe-
onio. -. " sne ny" "en VIC nau peeh
sen. " Eons1sss az lepresentatiVes oil
.me PIop,o =. .he soueheIn states' Con-
ssss A th euo. n T out' anu means TO
m.up .nem ous; Lnese state govern
fron, s ,,' 49, pies,usu over oy men fresh
az :no Ieoei army anu from the MUIR
uel u OUT SONS any orotners. congress
s,d,ha %es,a an VIII tnis matter with
s az Vie nas.e consis.ent WIN que con-
.ram; ian 90 ~ "ne.nel lnese STATE or
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