Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-02-28

!, the Senate, eq1arely fe'oIhS 'po oii'
limited space will not admit of giving the
mesa &C in full. So We give only the
reasons. as laid down.
His first objection to the bill is that
there is no immediate necessity for the
proposed measure; the act to establish
Bureau tor Ftee1 men and Refugees, which
was approved in the month Of March last
has not yet expired; it was thought strln-
gent and extensive enough for the purpose
in view; before it ceases to have its effect
further experience may assist to guide us
to wise conclusion as to the policy to be
ado pied in time of peace.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEATURES.
He claims 'that the bill proposes to es-
tablish It's provisions by authority of Con-
eress over all parts of the United States
containing refugees and freedmen. and
would rcqnr. as many officers as there
we've counties. having power placed in
their bands. aud being exposed to error,
might commit acts of injustice. caprice
and passion The rules on which offenses
are to be heard and determined by the
numerous agents are such rules and regu-
lations as the President through the War
Dep .rt,Bent. shall prescribe. Noprevious
presen,meut is required nor any indict-
ment charging the commission of u crime
against the laws. but the trial must pro-
coed on charges aud specifications. The
punishment will not be what the law de-
ca,es, but such as the court martial may
think proper. and from these AUDITING tri-
hunanls there lies no appeal, no writ of
error to any of the Courts in which the
Constitution of the United States vests
exclusively the judicial power of the
country"
3D-lTs PERMANENT CHARACTER.
"In time Of war it was eminently proper
that VIC should provide for those who were
passing suddenly from condition of bon
dnge to state Of freedom; but this bill
proposes to m Ike the'Freedman's Bureau.
established by the act of 1865 as one of
many great and extraordinary military
measures to suppress formidable rebellion
pei manent branch Of the public admin
istra,ion. with its powers greatly enlarged.
The institution of slavery, for the militia
ry destruction of which the Erecdmen's
Bureau Was called into existence as an
auxiliary force, has been already ,ffectu-
ally and finally abIoga,ed throughout the
whole country by an amendment of the
Constitution Of the United States and
practically its eradication has received the
assent and concurrence of most of those
States in which at any time 1t had existed
am not, therefore. able to discern in the
country anything to justify any apprchen-
sion that the powers aud agencies Of the
Freedmcn's Bureau, which were effective
for the protection of freedmen and rcfu-
gees lming the actual continuation of
hostilities and of African servitude. will
now IN time Of peace, and after the abo-
liticn of slavery, prove inadequate to the
same properends "
3TH-ITs ELEEMosYNARy FEATURES.
If am correct in these views, there
can he no necessity for the enlargement of
the powers Of the Bureau. for which pro.
vision is made in the bill. The third sec.
of the bill authorizes general and I'M
limited grant of support to the destitute
and suffering refugees and freedmen and
their wives and children. Succeeding Sec
tioss make provisions for the rept or pnr-
chase of landed estates for freedmen. and
for the erection. for their benefit Of suita-
BILE buil'iins for ylums and schools, the
expenses to liz betrayed from the treasury
Of the whole people The Congress of
the United States has never heretofore
thought itself competent to establish any
any laws beyond the limits of the District
OF 'o'nr.hi except for the benefit of our
disabled soldiers and ilors. 1t has new.
err founded schools for any class or for our
own people, not even for the orphans of
those who have fallen in the defense of
the Union, but has left the care of their
education to the much more competent
and efficient control Of the states, of COM
munities. Of private associations aud Of
. individuals. 1t has never deemed itself
authorized to cxpend the public money