Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-22

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r-5marv clement II The case. which stands out
IN darkness visible. is the license: the second
AIRY element Is the pay. HeGr Is n"llloE ie>s
than "a HlElty house OF ~ -aiae, wl.ll II j.
proposed % license c-onstitulonally for a pollt-
zeal consideration
And this miscreant is the successor Of
DANIEL WEBSTER and Massachusetts
boasts Of him as a statesman and a
scholar He ever pretends to be pre-
eminently . Christian
THE FREEDHEN-s BUREAU.
We have repeatedly said that the prac-
cal workings Of the Freedmen's Bureau
results in more harm than good, and
have cited indisputable facts to sustain
the assertion. Coming from Us, how
ever. it is easy for radicalism 70 destroy
all the effects Of this Judgment, by re-
peatinE the CRY OF rebel sympathies.'
We gave the other day other testimony,
not subject to such iuputatiou, in the
shane Of q letter from the Texas cores
pondeut Of the Cincinnati Commercial.
We present orr readers to-day, and call
the attention Of the authorities at Wash
layton 70 Il, with a delineation Of this
anomalous institution, drawn by n Of
its officers. Maj. HESRYC. LAWRENCE,
Agent OF THE Freedmen's Bureau at Fay
etteville, y. C., writing TO a friend in
Washington, on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, thus frankly sketches il. The truth
fitness OF the picture will he universally
recognized:
Il confess l am tired out and half worn
out with the annoyances Of my position,
and need rest; and am SO far from hay
ing any sympathy with the views thst
seem 70 prevail in Congress, that 1 am
unwilling 10 be even an humble instru-
ment in aiding 10 carry them out.
Whilst there was, and could be, no law
but military law, OF rather authority,
the Bureau was a necessity 10 some eN-
tent. But to continue il after the states
shall have given the blacks their civil
rights seems 10 be the very reverse of
sound policy, considered simply with
hatred toward the blacks on the part Of
the whites, Is q favored class 10 whom
extra legal protection IS given by the
Federal observation-disclosures toward
the Government itself, which by this
system, p~ronoUnces the people regardless
Of justice, and brands courts and bar and
jUries, in advance, as ready perjurers. i
substitutes for men learned in the law,
and 10 administer it-for trial by jury
and right Of appeal-the decision Of men
who, in many cases, if not most, VIII
know nothing Of law who VIII Of ten be
p~rejudjced, and some, judging from the
past viii be corrupt. Ii viii incite in
the blacks, % some extent, a sense Of in
dependence Of the local laws; sanction
their distrusJ OF them, the cOurtsa and peo-
pie, and certainly cannot tend to educate
them in the duties Of citizens. Instead
al1ayiBg, it viii becet jealousy and iIl-will
between the races toa greater degree than
now exists, AMI finally produce the
very evils it T. intended 20 guard
against. And how such a system
can be exercised, except as "a
temporary military necessity IN a CON
qlerej country, / cannot conceive. II is
liable 10 an our old objections to the " fu-
gitive slave law" and, unlike that, will
be an eyeT-pre-ent. e-yer-acting evil and
It's provisions are very incomplete for the
end proposed unless 81 t. assumed that
military authority is e. remain para
mount, For instance, / can fms 3 man
SO and impr.son him 80 days; bat la
case Of murder OF a black the district OF
department military commander must
order trial by court msrlial. Upon con-
victi0n the case may, OF course, 90 % the
Secretary Of War for revieW. such q
trial is in progress now In Raleigh. r.
this system IS 70 be retained after the
States shall DO reeDnstructed-wbatever
rlatmsv be-auI # this IS republican,
Ism or sell government. ] shall de-
pal- OF ever being abis 70 com
praaelL the FIRST principles 0t pau
cslscl-lca But # a STATE should estRb-
fish such a judicial system, I think the
E-1e.I Gov eminent might well b.
called upon 10 enforce Its guaranty Of re-
-a'icau government, 70 the people Of
that state. I think 10 would Doe q les
outrage upon the principles Of self gov
eminent and upon the Constitution. 70
treat the South as conquered territory,
and govern il by our territorial system,
than to do what is proposed 10 b. done;
and IN that ease Mr.. Sumner might Sc
cure iuries composed equally Of white
and black men. ! felt ashamed for my
self a. an American, and for my Gov
eminent, when, "A few Gays ago, Judge
Buxton, Of the Supreme Court of this
state, called al my Office to inquire as 10
the extent OF the jurisdiction he would
be permitted 20 exercise in q term lie was
about 10 hold.n
Maj LAWRENCE is a true Union sol
der, who has served during the war.
Previous to entering the service, he was
3 member Of the original freeso'i party,
and Is a s,aunch supporter Of the Repub-
hcan party. He is neither comprehend "
nor "Tebel''-but a soldier, patriot and
honest man, whose opportunities for
judging Of tho practical effects Of the
Freedmsn's Bureau have been very
great. Surely it Is time this nightmare
should be removed from the South.
D6-They tell Of a dairy farmin Califor-
pa which comprises u 600 acres.