The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-27

e"''oH ildS received tile assent ana con.
currencc OF most of those States in
which it at any time had an existence.
! am not, therefore, able TO discern in
the condition of the country anything to
Justify an apprehension that the powers
and agencies of tl,e.l'reedmen's Bureau,
which were effective dor the protection
Of freedmen and refugees during the &C.
tual continuance of ..hostilities and of
African seryit,ide, will now, in the dawn
OF peace. andafter the abolition of sla.
very, prove inadequate to the same pro.
per ends. If l am correct in these
views, there can be no necessity for the
enlargement of the powers Of the Blu.
reau Tor which provision is made in the
bill. .t.
Tho third section of the bill author
ICES general and unlimited grant of
support to the destitute and suffering re
fngees and freedmen, their wives and
children. Succeeding sections make
provision for the rent or purchase of
landed estates for freedmen, and for the
erection for their benefit of suitable
buildings for asyluns and schools. the
expenses to be betrayed from the Treas.
nry OF the whole people. The Congress
Of the United States has never hereto.
fore thought itself empowered to estab.
lish asylums beyond the limits of tile
District of Columbia, except for the
benefit OF our disabled soldiers and sail
ors. II has never founded such schools
Tor any class Of our own people. not
even for the orphans of those Who fallen
in the defence Of the Union, but has left
the care Of education to the much more
corhpetent aud efficient control of tl,c
States, of communities, .of private asso.
Citations and of individuals. 1t has nev.
er deemed Itself authorized to expend
the public money for the reEt or pur.
chase Qf rooms for the thousands, not to
say millions, of the white race who arc
honestly '.oiliig from day to day for
their subsistence. Asylums for the sup.
port OF INDECENT persons in the United
States was never contemplated BY the
authors Of the Constitution. Nor can
any good reason be adduced why a per.
mancnt establishment should be founded
for one class of our people more than
for another. Pending the wac many
refugees and freedmen received support
from tho Government, but it was never
intended they SHOULD hen:.cfortl be fed,
clothed, educated and sheltered by the
United States. The idea on which the
slaves were assisted to ffeedom was
tllsE on becoming free they would be q
self.sustaining population. Any lcgis.
latiop that shall imply that they are not
expected to attain n self.sustaining con.
dition. must have a tendency injurious
alike to their character and their pros.
poets. TIE appointment Of an agcnt
for every county and parish win create
an immense patronage, and the expense
of the numerous officers and their clerks.
to be appointed by the President, will
be great in the beginning. with tenden.
cy steadily to increase. The appr3pria.
tons asked by the Freedmen's Bureau,
as now established for the year 1866,
amount to Sll, ,745,000
Itmay be safely estimated that TIM
cost to be incurred under the pending
bill will require double that amount,
more than the entire sum expended in
any one year under the administration
OF the second Adams. If the presence
OF agents every parish and county is TO
be considered as q war measure, opposi
tion,. or even resistance might. be pro.
yoksd,. so that to give effect to their
jurisdiction,. troops would have to be
stationed within reach of every one Of
them, and thus large standing force
would be rendered necessary. Large
appropriations would, therefore, be re.
,quired to sustain and onfore military
jurisdiction in every county or parish
from The Potomac TO Tho Rio Grasdo.--.
The condition of oar fiscal affairs is on.
couraging, but In order TO snstaintho
present measure ofpuBlic confidence, il
is necessary we practice, not merely Gus,
tomary economy, but rs far as possible
severe retrenchment. y.
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