The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-06-30

wards with Il his nsme; but awe ars unsequsintsd
With the gentleman. his statements must be judged
upon tho internal svidsnos;n
ft IS c., Jane 10, 1850
Mn. Eprron: As II was impos,ibie for Generals
steedman and Fullerton 10 fnd out and cxposs all
the frauds and corruption Of the Freedmsn's Blu
resu during their tour, propose TO give you a
sketch Of some Of its enormities. These officers
would have found oat more than they DID, but the
immense and truly terrific power welded by the
bureau officers makes both black and white afraid
TO open their lips. We all know that these officers
exercise an underlined and undesirable authority.
Neither the kind nor deeree Of punishhent for any
offence he does not know whether he will be dned
or imprisoned or whether the nns will be one dol.
lar or one thousand, or whether the imprisonmsnt
will be for one day or one year. a ..lr. n MA
Who would dare to inform against an Institution,
and that the pet Institution OF the Government
whepit wields such terrific power. In the begin.
ming Of this institution It's administration was
awful. Tho most subordinate officers exercised
authority which the President Of the United States
or the Gar Of Russia would not have thought OF
doing, aud the people knew OF no mode or manner
Of redress The.s subordinate officers went so far
as TO Danish citizens from their States, and In
hundreds Of instances private property was seiEed
and sold because the officer believed u 10 belong
10 the Goveinmenti and particularly was this the
case with cotton. One Of my nsighbors had sold q
for Confederate currency. and the neghbor who
had sold the cotton knowing the underlined au,ho-
rity Of the Bureau officers stated the case TO the
officer Of his district That though he had sold
the cotton, yet the money, which he had long since
received, was now worthless, and IL he, the Officer
would return his eotton-be whispered In his ear
that the ofcer might have part Of IL. Accordingly
the parties were summoned The cotton had been
bought aud paid for, but as the confederation for
the cotton had failed, the cotton was ordered to
be returned to Its original owner. which order
enforced. Two Of my neighbors bad difficulty
about fence, the Bureau officer ordered them to
appear before him, and after having the parties
before him for two days, he told them that he
could not settle their difficulty but that they must
pay him $40 each for his trouble. A citizen was
imprisoned for striking freedman for two months,
but after being in Jail for two days he was In
formed by the officer that IL he would pay q
fine Of 500 he should DO released Tho citizen
did not have but $40, and offered his all to be re-
leased. The $40 was accepted. Two citizens
snapped horses, and about six months after the
swap one Of them complained to the bureau that he
had been cheated, and the officer, without sum
moping both parties before him, gave thspsrty
who applied for redress an order to take his horse
wherever he could find him, which he did. An old
lady having official business with the bureau, after
the business was transacted In her simplicity asked
what she had TO pay. Five dollars was the
ply. She sid she did not have but 50. THAT
will do, " said the officer. A citizen logged one Of
bis servants. He was reported by the servant.
The citizen sent bis carriage for the officer and
whicb 10 ala Thu next day the freedman zane
mn a. di,sct.d bnt wa, informed that his smnIoy.r
Ma mads n ali rioht and tbat bo INNS, go bsck
md .tt.nd N nj. 1ort, that bn couId 40 5otbin,
for him. Almost every man had army saddle.
It a common thing for the citizen to be allowed
to retain his saddle upon paying a small sum Of
.bonid he mt N work on ,hs .,,ssts Thsrs
r,s = cert.in ysrv di.tinou;she5 a, msmhsr If m
rnit.d stats. Conera.s and 4 lsvvsr who 4, ~
nsars ,nsnt most ~ hi linn, taiking At tbs cornsrs
N. was info,msd Thai the Proyost Msr,bsi wi.had
not sssn IN. ord.r ag,inst idIsrs IT. ,sn,aJ ,ha,
he had The ofsc.r mid aMv soldisr,p coIo,eJ
intorn, m. tbat yo, have no smnIoymon, y al
have n nrofession lint bpsinas. Ia Anil nov y
IVAN IL I cannot make any d;sc,;n;na,;nn h..
,ussn White and colorsd In his n.,,;enia, ~
ereat many plautsrs came To tbis state In rot
Ishor.r. ~ ,bsir f,,ms An a.. We, 81 =. e..
nerro uss GENERALLY ayer,s IN Issyina H. ala
friend. tboss wanting the I,borars Maid ,hs
.oISier. from two to 6vs d,IIars nsr b.ad g.
,aoh nso,o tb.v copId g.t IN 90 10 h W., ~
Ibrou obont ,bc mon,bs ~ Jappa,y P.hrnary 81
Mach m, bursau sosmsd 10 have ~ o,h.r hn';aa.s
but to hire perroe. to 20 to the West IA Maid
w.lI. mi IN. sir,isst most cor,nn, al -,
o.nao.s sr.nd. hax. -, n.sn.,,s,.d ~ ~.
Smear, Who have eng.ssd in nlsn,inS TSs iii
an. AZ ~. .onn,,x pnovia. ,k.r,h. 1.ka, ~ ~.
country was under The control on Ina bureau ths,
have In hundreds. YES, tbou,snd, Of in,tancss
made arrangement With the bureau officer 10 share
the profits Of the farm provided thew would assist
in furnishing and Controlling the labor And
never knew one to decline an offer of his nature
And many officers. through the means of the bn
reau. are carving on The most stupendous farmin,
operations. II Gen. Ely Ia SuecessfuI and he is
permitted 10 reap the results Of bis panta,iona for