New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-10

mems bureau rle hands on t4e Mississippi River steam
mats were OF required make contracts anu
they aye uug $40 per month and their D,IrI
Cog labor less letng shan that Of plantation negroes Ia5
freedmen on Orechee and Savannah Rivers arc getting
m Che -.ce r cations from sOt s5 per month and con
lrs- r the year while iabOre employed on TIE Georgia
Genital ar which runs between these streams are getting
CAV Ine nogrO going 20 make oil he can ol' OF Us
freedom AID be has right 70 do So policy strongly 10
uc.s-,nce With Justice aud sound political economy h DE-
Tt. y tie contract system. ilauelrated and forced no
practical operation by the officers Of the Freedmens Burean
~ ore unable % discover why the simple rules which
frle and control the relation q labor and capital 10 the
N.rteln States saoli not obtain well in the SOURI,
W. fac National Government shosd permit the aoofns
f1fr sell BIS labor the highest bidder IL one section o. ''
snln' aud appoint agent 20 sell for him IN another sec
tol. Almost the only dissatisfaction existing al ia' time
ia0ng the freedmen results from the low rate OF wages ~
which thew have been hired under the influence o. 'he
I;uclu. This discomfort makes the freedmen uA"""ns
to work their Incidence poyokes the planter VINO ''
a. violence TO enforce his conlracta ard tbs makes ou
o., officer who sanctioned the contract II Is gIe'' e
uaose that the freedmen not competent to enter H
contract. tor themselves. They sharp at Oafsa" u
l, sci, vbat a good contract is and ore much better COL
Ic.rs than white people. The system OF contracts no" 0
;spr in tie south and enforced by the Bureau Simply
e,,- in new FORM What the difference TO the negro
whether be is sold for g. or 1000 for 90 years to 30 masters
9, r o years master II is Involuntary servtuie IN
ei,r case andsa practical defeat Ct the Emancipation
anation Of the lamened President Lincoln II the freed
Inla aves seek employment at better wages be IS
arrested as vagrant by the Freedmens Bureau. anc put
q labor on the roads with ball and chain as
u provided bY order recently issued by Gen Scott Assist
t. sioncr Tor South Carolina II flgued from over
work desires rest FOR day he leaves the plantation
~ relative friend. it is made penal ofense and
fne ~ so imposed will be by circular "a Of Ger
Kldo Assistant Comm ssoneI for Texas II he refuses TO
contract at al arrested by the Blreal Provost Marshal
anl sid for few dollars 10 the nearest planter.
q. ca the case o. Cap. Morse Of New Orleans already 70
fdo Tie cosrcive policy adopted by the Bureau in this
respects been made Justification for the dis
C.mnlting legislation Of Of the southern States The
ou.. remedy agaas. white man fjr breach
81 is suit for damages, and we can
6.e why the remedy should
MOI e applied aad conceded the of the black
IL. freedman las nothing to sci but his labor and We are
strongly Of the opaion that he ought be permitted TO obtain
for highest price will bring II he is freeman it Is
neither Just or lawful tor person 20 assume control Of him.
mud certainly just lawful for an officer Of the
Frc,l-ens Bureau to do SO than a southern planter
Very respectfully your obedieut servants
JAirs b. SIEEDNAN MajorGea Vols
S. FULLERTON. Brig. Gen. Vols.