, 1866-02-22

progress now At Frankfort We With,
Indeed: that the Frecdmen's : Bureau
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lucky be any more exempt from
It's presence than Tennesseef ARE ihe people
Of kentucky more loyal, more 1aw-abIding.
more just, more generous, than the people ot
Tennessee. Gen. Fisk, q partial authority
some would say, testified before the Recon-
strnclion Committee that hc had less troublo
il Tennessee than IN Kentucky, aud expressed
The opinion that the practicaGiilty Of The peo-
pie here Is fat greater than that Of the people
t1crt--a conclusion which will be more CT less
gratifying, according to the peculiar bias Of
the reader. Howhclt, this Is certain. the ad-
mtnistrat3on Of the Bureau In Tennessee has
Tue situation at present In Kentucky promises
to burden onr nc1e1bors with q conflict, "
which they can hope to make nothing, TO lose
much, and to keen themselves meanwhile In
ceaseless yexntion and strife. ~ " wise!
For example, bill has been introduced to
the Legislature, and = nkely 20 pass, eae.ua-
every citizen Of Kentucky Who accepts an
agency Of the Freedmen's Bureau. What
Will he Tic elect Of such IN enactmcnte In
tho first place 1t will not deter the Govern
mcnt from establishing, its Bureau in ksn-
various communities throughout the Slate,
strangers and shoulder -strnre, ignorant Of the
needs aud wishes Of the people, In many cases
ont Of harmony with the character Of the
people, and always dlstastcful TO plain couD-
Try folks, who hare natural horror Of brass
buttons and military power. Where's the
VIC have in general home M. for agents Of
the Freedmcn's Bureau. The Instructions
given them arc liberal. .:ley are elected
with discrimination. TIE consequence Is that
We hear less outcry t. IN anywhere elses the
negroes are better trcatea; the people are
more content; and whila! they heartily wish
TO accept It as an inerita's.s fAct, to respect
It's dccrccs, to aid its Of. -:crs, and to make 1t
as bcnrab1e as possible
THIS Is HitL1ut doubt the true spirit as veil
rs the true policy and, as far as we have
t,ocu able to learn, has been met by Gen. FISK
With an equal amount Of friendly Inteution.
Concerning the controversy between that OIL
ccr md the Kentucky Legislature we know
nothing, except the partisan accounts We per-
ccivc IN tue papers on both sides. But VIC
cannot ntord-and for tho matter Of that
neither can the Kentuckians- make 8
partisan Issue with Gen. Fisk. So long
as he is kindly disposed, administers his
great charge Without oppression, Is approach
alle and fair-minded, wc ouEht to cultivate
him and support him, making due allowance
lor the peculiar dcllcacy Of Ills position and
the lnenyiahle and thankless nature Of his
acaer We have every reason to conftde; very
ass1dnous, sr1y courteous, very prompt, very
enlightened, md, al the same time, very able.
We could hardly change for tue better; aud
If he were removed should most likely change
f,r the worsc.
Ticte is but one wny to get rid Of the Freed.
.ain,ess with which We treat the negro, that
it is wholly unnecessary. We have always
maintained that the best friend the negro has
is his former 1uaster. As general rule the
l1,nn who IVES M out-a1l-out rebel, is tt. day
TIE most literally disposed 10 the negro; and
If in yonder Capitol, in place Of the violent
and impracticable radical majority, We
lad legislature composed Of the sank-nud-
llc Of those who fought under Bragg, Johr-
etou and Hood, VIC should have in every case
more generous, more far-secing, and more nc
tho statute books Of the State, We assure
the people Of The North, who hare such limit
cd knowledge OF the real situation here In
Tennessee, that such }s fact: and In addi-
.ion TO the testimony 6 Gen. Fisk already re-
trrTcd TO, We shall be able in few days to
preetnt the proceedings OF q mass convention
sprung directly from the heart and Joins Of
| the people.
This negro question Is Enarlcd over and
| over; 1t Is as knotty ns tue oak and as tender
as the sensitive plant; it seems to disti1 from
iss ticry sap draught OF into1ication to nil
who discuss It, but with the right sort Of
| temper and With common sense, Ii Is rednccd
! to question Of capltal and labor, involving
more Of dollars and cents than philanthropy
on either side, and as such We shall always
treat 1t, bearing In mind the altered condition
OF our country, the unfortunate dependence
Of our people, and the total change which
lak come uyer the ancient, moi t-leaten insu-
tuition Of slavery.
We care nothing for the miserable abstrac-
tons over which The politicians are cracking
each othcr's crowus. They have cost the
people too dearly already. What We want
nov is the t4wayn and the "how''-some-
| thing tangible, real and useful, honest.
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