, 1866-05-21
FFRUM WASHlNGTON.
The Government Defective His
sion.
Anteccurnt7 o1 .IccdInun and r rulserton
Real Oticct OK the n1issIon,.
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WASHINGTON, Nay IS.
The Freedmen's Bureau is the most dis
tasteful OF the legitimate fruits Of the rebel
lion which the people Of the South hare been
compelled to digest. It Is a very thorn in the
sides of all the Southern friends Of President
johnson, and ever since they recovered, IN.
der his partial treatment, from their utter
physical and moral prostration upon the col
lapse Of the Confcderacy, they hare moved
heaven and earth to bring about the extInc-
tlon Of that benegcent Institution. Their
+" best friend" in the White House, has done.
and Is doing, his-best to relieve them Of this
" cruel, grinding imposition" BY means Of
his veto power, he has successfully prevented
The continuance Of the Bureau beyond tho
time Fixed In tho original law, and the Gu
la1gcmcnt Of its authority, called Tor by the
obligations Of the Government to tho freed
men, and by the intolerance and inhumupIty
practiccd by the rebels toward their former
slaves; and not content With this, he Is now
trying to destroy Its usefulness, and prepare
the way for Its early abotishmept, by the
most cunning cabal yet contrived by this in
sidious plotter against the true interests ofthe
country. He has conceived, aud put In pro-
cess Of execution, scheme, the sole object
(which Is to undermine the conviction of
the necessity and efficacy Of the Bureau,
prevalent In the loyal States, and to produce
feeling Of dIstrust and prejudice toward It,
that will eventually result in o passive acqui-
essence Of the public In the contemplated re-
mova1, Mt no distant time, Of an Institution
that Is proving so excessively obnoxious 10
sl rebellion.
refer, of course, 10 the specin1 mission of
Generals steedman and Fullerton. It is ins,i-
tuted ostensibly for IN examination Into the
administration Of the affairs Of the Bureau In
the several rebel States, for the purpose of
eeteeting and correcting abuses; but under
this plausible maak is concealed its real OBJ
jet, viz: tho manufacture By all means, fair
aud foul, Of public opinion against the "hate.
iul interferance," under tho direction of Gen.
era1 Uowcrd with. the traditional right Of
the Southern chivalTy to rob, torture, md
murder the colorcd he1ots with impunIty.
The FIRST report Of these special enjoys, Just
given to the public, already half disc1oses the
cioren foot, concealed under the cloak. Of
honest Intervention ior the public good: No
tody expected that SO vnst and peculiarly
constituted concern as the Freedmen's Bu-
T:au would be free from the corruption that
PREVAILS, to greater or less extent, In every
+ tanch OF rne uovernGsatf Neither Genpral
Howard, nor my one else, Interested In the
Bureau las ever claimed immaculate virtue
Tor all OF the agents OF the Bureau. But
while the friends Of the Bureau are willing to
concede that some wrongs have been commit
ted by its subordinates IN various localities,
they justly claim, on the other hind, that
th,En In
Significance when compared with the
3ntntasurab1o amount Of good done under
its auspices to tho cotoECu WIN will
fand Gun deny this? And did not Justice and
fairLess require that the Presidents commits
sion Of inquiry should enumerate, along with
the abuses they discovered, the great and
lasting benefits extended to the freed people
through the instr111nentality Of the Bureau
But III this published report they hardly al
lude TO .vhat is pralsew ortAy IN the agency
prominence to the comparatively lew in
stances OF dishonesty, selashness and cruelty
discovered in their flying tour Of inspection.
Fortunately the auimus Of their performance
Is too Obvious to deceive the intelligent loyal
public. Of course they can excuse this par
tiality upon tho ground that the Presidents
Instructions required them to inquire mainly
, into the abuses OF the Bureau. But the peo-
pie Of tho North will understand that these
Presidential detectives 0re sent out to hunt
up e. paris evidence against the Bureau, and
to kill it oil II possible by succession Of nm
favorable reports made with an air Of impair
tia1itY, and viii not be influenced by, their
partisan conclusions.
As usual, the President has made very
happy choice Of instruments for this dIscred-
liable job. Generals Stcedman and Fullerton
are just the men for the business II the
stories Of tue military administration of the
furmer in Georgia, in circulation here all win
ior hr1 $F1rn no 1a tai fnr },sn
purpose, according to a we1i-known axiom Of
the detectives code. Like SO many Of Mr..
Juhnson's champions, he Is hut q recent con-
vert to conservatism. Before he was remod-
eled here in the course Of the lost lew months,
through Executive influences, he professed to
Of the truest and most thorpughgoing friends
Of the negro, and one Of the most zeatous nd.
yocates ofmaking the South empty the cup Of
pcnance to tho d1egs. Republican Seniors
and members can affirm how earnest he was
III his representations ot the prevalence Of dis
1oYnlty In the South. But since certain
congeniality Of temper and habits have made
him boon companion Of the President, and
since he hos ascertancd that, as lie himself
informed some Of his friends, he could have
anything he WISHED In the way Of IN office,
he sWears as hard by the political gospel of
the White. House as ever did M0slem by
A1ahomet. As to General Fullerton; he Is
y
warmed into life, md ralsed to his present
position through the kindness Of General
Howard. That he should now try to sting
and bring dfsetedit upon his benefuctor, H.
lustrutes hts fitness for close fellowship with
Andrew johnson, who, with the instinct Of q
kindred natu5e' readily discovered bis eagcr
The Presidents special detectives very
shrcwdly supplied themselves With the proper
means for carrying out the real object o1
their mission, viz:. the manutactua fng oi
public opinion against the Freedmen's Blu:
reau. They took with them shorthand
writer, who is to take down tue evidence col
Iected by them and In his Simultaneous capa-
city rs correspondent of the New York Her
aid, spread one-sidcd statements, throwing
an nnfavorable light upon tho Bureau through
| bis paper over the country. This part oi
| their programme has so lar been carried out
very successfully, the Herald having mo-
| nopo!y Of the discoveries OF the Commission
! aud rnislng hue and cry against the Bureau
with its accustomed ytruleuce.
That the operations Of these two !nquis
itors are intended more for political eaplfa
| than any other purpose. is shown bF the 1acl
thnt their reports are made public before be
iue submitted to General Howard Wort
they really interested for the benefit of tht
| trccdmcn, their object would have been read
| fly accomplished. by directing first tht
lattcrs attention to the alleged abuse
cIaimed to have been discovered. This ba!
moi. been done- General Howard receivat
the first intimations OF the alleged mtscon
| duct of his subordinates through the news
papers, md was Obliged 10 demand explana
tions Of them on the strength Of these.
severe Storm on the Arkansas River.
fFro,n The st. Louis Ness, May 1871 20
There has been terrific storm along th
Arkansas. The, river rose ten feet IN twel!
hours. The Captain of the steamer OZARK
In speaking OF the storm says, it vas litti
grain the wfckedest thing. he ever undertook
| 10 facc. His boat was blown out OF the chan
mel in tho twinkling Of an eye, and upon th
bank. almost high and DRY, and nothing bu
TTees were being telled In every direction
dcoieulue thunder rolled, and binding light
nlug gathcd, until It almost seemed as If th
lasI DIV WAS at hand. Fortunately Tor tn
Oznrk. tbe river rose eight or ten feet In tn
nirbt. and She was enabled to get OF withou
damarc, Nothing but the sudden rise save
h,s boat from sure destruction. The Btsho
was in the same storm, and was obliged /
ccme to anchor and make crerythin
taut; The river is little less than ban
full. and no damage to the erops, which loo
spledidly, need be npprehended.
:. From st. PAUL.
ST. PAur, May 19.-All OF 'hc tenth Heetment @ !.
Uniied S,a1es infantry, except company y, have !e
F1Et SpeIhn1 for different posts on the tfpntle
Ih.y viii selieyc The iDdependent na1tallou i
! Minneso,a volunteers. which Is ordered 10 report
Il Foft smelling for muster ont. ,.n, Z
V.nth Regulars Who was drowned a few days aine
Snnn,er il unon US tn earnest, and linen Goa
and e,.aw hats are in Gensnd- ,,,,,d =,