, 1866-05-17

brutal oyerseer, robbfnE and ualtreauns the
freedmen. Col. Whit1lesoy, Captain Seeley,
Captain Rosekaux. and eyery oshar of1lcer oi
the Bureau, except ono, In the State, Is
charged with lying, stealing Government ra-
tions, cruelty and in}ustfeo 70 freedmen, and
otler practices, which, If true, as tnslnuatd,
deserve prompt punishment Of The severest
character. The following relative to Mr.
Fftz hnort1s the worst sRmplc Of atrocities:
''Among the msuy acts Of cruelty committed by
Superintendent FuLx, NC found thai L. hso In &No
ius,auces suspended freedmen with cords around
t,clr N1!stt, tacir teet not touching tbe noos md
lept them In this position. In case iont n the
othrr caAe ri1 hours; that hs sentencsd freedman
10 an imprisonment Of Ihrte months Tor p1rial
seeer o. ~ sssted or deoi .hat
the block house-ste pIl.oE-5ot mootns Haue MS
wite ana two ch:lurEn. reanctd 70 ahjeet d>stitn'
iSe ntsan a nnaer Sas1d md compelled hin 10 bafy
hls last child ~ the cradle IN WHICH tt died. o.
another occaslon when ono Of bis guards rrp2ttoa
gpeafuuJ OF him, without even tnquii1ns what the
woman had said, he ordered her to bt tmpH -oned
a he ns ns1oF whs g1s
dignity. In one instance, he Imprisoned six chill
drcn for tcz days. fur playing tho streets On the
Sabbath dsy. ne imposed a tne Of 800 upon an
that he WIS about 10 be arrested bY Mf. flH. TINS
pocE old rnaD, not having the money TO PAY the
sop paid the game, eth s. additional a. jsl Gees'
Ofcourse, it is impossible for us to say spon
what such statements are based. Certainly
either Fitz or Fullerton deserves hanging.
In answer, not to the report which had not
then been published, but to sketch of It in
the Washington correspondence Of the New
York Herald, Gen. Howard, Chief Of the Bu.
reau, wrote the following letter, which, in
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repay careful pcrusal. It is hardly probable
that Gen. Howard is wholly ignorant of the
atlaira OF Lis Bureau, The following is:
GEE. uowARp's LE1tER.
| TIE REv. GKoHuE WHFPLE-My Dear Sir:
Wheu oAw The ar,1f1e you c1i1ed from Tho Her:ld.
written by Correspondent from Washington Of
May 7, cut 1t from the paper and inclosed 1t 10
Gen. Whittlesey. have not yet received reply.
You wtlI notice ny latter. published in thc Axf4ld
of the neu day. Now the liev Hornce Jane. IL the
s G 5as: 4 q M man VIZ
these gentlemen o%nng plat TO not doubt
IT, There Is 10 fpeculltiou IN the mse1. II Is
tree tha. usry oaee:s, ali through 'he Soatb. and
| not confined 10 the f.eedmcu's Nuresl, have 1u-
vested what Little money they could Ii This wsy.
never have found auy cascs CT the prostitution oi
ea1eal po:l1'oa for private sn'Ts or rotun!ee,
like ptoy1dens s1cn CeDerallv they 5eek u secure
sume livelihood Gen. Waitttesey has WORKED hard
N his ofieta! capacity, and believe be has rcyes
! been charged With Ing BIZ 1l:ne o!he- thin foE
the Goyetnntnt. encourage the getting all idleri
| II work. The people cried. ''tne negroes will mol
WorE. thete'oss Tfxed NE 1enlln: ana running
| tonxaee JOINT companies. The <aa. tox1saa.suts
who missed the false nlarn that lite ucgrpes will no.
Gop al r. syerS i man wno has .Sosn Ie q G.!siy % Q
then theories by practical demonstration. and de
clare th=l otIacaal position is uted TO rob then
sao. We I'D d 3s M . OF poor
nave not ye, the facts a. 10 North Carolina; bu
you ard v1tv Jre1tdf x'e,y Tssf ersas3 k1ot srt1l
ga'7 q ixo:s ejs;es msrt e utterly wasoM JSaaaa
l expect dennnciation OF this Burean; but h
tsrae dennnrtA'ion could be made against III
T1eaeut3 Department. or any other department G
tho Government. with equal show OF Justice tn
Bureau does not do euough to secure he right 9
churches and school houses: 1t docs not reject az
gro 1eatimuny, 1t will erde4vor to prevent stsFTs
non mt! ,ns nsa. r!oo eeEass IL T. ~ 4 ssway r
nottng tndusirJ, education and justice.
Vesy respectfully,
NEW TonK, May ., 1855
With this explicit assurance from the abl
md intelligent Head OF the Bureau, the put
lie viii wait until these statements, which ar
not Only charges against the Frecdmcn's Bt
reau And against the Government, but libe'
upon human nature itsef, are explained aa
rpfuted.
We have thus IN part defended the Burca
in the interests Of truth md not OF party, 1
NIL parties admit, or pretend TO admit, il
propriety, md raise no question except-as
the mode of conducting It, and how long
shall be continued. But II there Is any part
disposed to take the burden Of denying tn
there should ever have been : Freedmen
Bureau, ne are at MI times ready to aeeel