New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-17

.,s.,, an, INV one who knew ANYTHING Of the affair.
and so he could do nothing He also had ysfu ,Gu
other men (naming them) for the purpose vi eoi'''e
Zines im posed on them by the Bureau
"What had they doDef asked i. A.. ~
ooh Won see the Legislature passed law thal al
,Ae nicyers must give up any guns. pistols or other
firearms they might have. Ii was the county pohees
duty 10 enforce the order and these fellows beng p0
licemen they commenced discerning the uSiKlee Nel
Of the ringers rot saucy and would not give up
their arms Some OF those fellows who had been IN tne
Yankee army, you know, and who Lad been allowed "
retain their aims on being hon0r0b,y discharged, dt
sisted these policemen and they had big hght no
darkies cot the worst OF it, and complained to the u
reau The Yankee captain had the policeman aiies''N
and fined and i am sent TO collect H.. c. .hor,
"Did the Bureau put them in jail ana me sa ~
merely for attempting TO take the negroes aliS Li
manfred sNo not exactly You see my boys n0t 9ei9
able 70 find some of the niccors guns they being bd
1he ncgers vp uts hnbs until they told wfefe the
arms were hidden This is why they complain ,.,.
"wellf" said 1, "is this tying up py 'He '"ui"O'
allOwabei" - 49,. ,,o.. q. brt
"Noi not exactly The Bureau doesn't allow ~ put
then ii is the only way we can manage these
bIsck rascas unless we allowed 10 use the LASH
"Why" said L. you have never done tn's ha'o
%certo,nIy had to tie up several fellows before
they youd tell me where they had hidden their HILLS
siWby were not you arrested = asked: ,,
Because Won see" he replied these ohr P0-Ce ,v
are what We down here, term poor whites Gu TN IN
darkies hate these poor whit worse thah oa.uh.
fact when the pggers were slaves; they Iooheu W."
these whites as inferior 10 them. ana wouu not o.u,
let alone speak to them 90 oeua.so 5 the rrde
Of the nicpers and they couldn't stand IT, so tey COM
blamed have tied up and bueked ana gagged uOzens
OF nigrers lately and not one Of them compained' bu'
no poor uLite dare do It,. ,.,,
t this juncture my planterfrend joined in, and tod
the following story Says he Il was IN inc bureau
office The other day and in comes stfappng big negro
strong Jim who used to belong TO Squire Everett yoa
know" Cnodding TO the LieutenanD: The captain
asked him what he wanedi jim, Who Is Il eOouIOOh'
ng and smart Niger, told the YANKEE captain at ~
was culyating piece Of ground and that the squIeis
from the woods by came IN his held OF neIl anu
scratched up all of his fast as be would plant H.
He had brought musket with him from the army oui
The police had taken il from him. Now he wanted
10 know il the Bureau would give him PERMISSION 10
buy little shot gun to kill these squirrels Tie ankee
Captain told him he might buy the gun and II me
authorities tried to take away TO appeal TO HIM Aer
the chan had gone told the Yankee Captain that ne
had done wrong and such CONDUCT would lncne me
nigeers 10 irsurrecon told him he was better TO Inc
darSies than most Bureau men. AR in such counties
manning them the military and the Bureau not Only nep
Us 10 take away the darkies arms but VIII od ana 0o
them if they don't come mp to the scratch
These and similar stories, and what hhd seen IN!
self made me feel any thing but comortabe tired 10
expostua;e with these men, but fonnd you might as
well talk to rock They talk abost the negro needing
fhe lash often think that If this article has such gooI
effect when applied TO ones back as they say II woud
he blessing to the community to commence with 1t on
them Maybe reason, humanity, aud common sense
couId be whipped into them You cannot imagine how
snch stories and rbe events themselves affect me- gel
SO disguised at times, that if had wings woud ny
from tho snot RANKIN.