New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1866-03-02
" E0IF No: 90

~ 'hn rehctIin. The ir,titr,i y of
slavery. for the military ,'csttucsi.,r., +
Which III" frcedmen's luyeau was c,r.
'd INTO existence rs an nrx;l; ,,v f.rco
u" been a'reahy tffec'u,,lv ani haa>
~ ahr"gated, thrcuphout the whale
country, by an amendment IF the c.n-
s'ltu;l"n Of the United s'a.ss. ard prac-
"c'''' is erad'cailon has receive The
assent and g ncrrerce # most 'uf these
sva''s ia Which it at any tim" h.d,es-
Ist' d. | nm not therefore. able 10 d:s-
cern IN the c's,n'ry anything to just
'v an apprehension that the powers
and agencies Of the freedmen's hurcsu,
which were effective f,r the protection
# The freedmen and refugees during
'h'' actual contiuusaiop Of hos,,h ties
ard Of African servi'nae, will row. in
time f peace. and after the abolition
# slavery, prove lnaht9us,e TO the
SINE ends. II I am crrrec, in these
views ,ilvre.can BE- no Lecessitv for the
enlargement uf 'he powers oS the bu-
'eau, f'r which provision is made in
he hin.
The !hird section Of the bill author.
! 'zAs general unli,ai 'el amount & sup.
port 70 the d. s'isute and suffering ,efr.
y'cs and freedmen, and their wives a,1
chi't'rer. Succeeding sec'i7ns make
prov s'ons for the rent or purchase Of
| landed estates Cor freedmen, and fyr the
er'ctl'n for Their benefit of suitable
buildings for asylums aud schools, the
exp-Ises to re betrayed f,om the treas
ury Of the whole ne"p'e. The congress
II the United States has ,cver hereto.
fore thought itself competent 10 estab-
LA. any laws beyond H.. limits of the
D,strie, 6f Columbia. except for the
'enrGt of oar disabled soldiers aud sail
ORE. l. has never f1undei schools for
any class Of our own people. NOT even
| 'o' 'h' W Phh'i3 VI 'iI'5c WHO HiFc E'lA.
eu in thc defence cl the union: but has
left the care f their educ ,ion to .he
much more Competent and efficient cor
tr'' o! the states, Of "mmu,!'irs of
private associations, and # iul, iluaI,,
II has never deemed itself nu,horized
20 sxpena the public money tor the
rert or purchase Of h. mes fer the ;haus.
ands, Tot to say millions, Of the whlto
race, WHO are honestly telling from day
30 :'ay 81 their subsistence. A 9, stem
to- the support Of ind'gvnt persons in
the l. rlted States was never eottanl-
pIased by ;he-a%shors Of the consrisu-
tiou, nor can sny reason lie advanced
whv. as ,er!i3a nent ests hlishment, j.
~huull be f unded for one class or color
IF our pc pie more than for another.
Pending the war, many refugees end
freedmen received suI po', from the gov
z, urnent, hut it wss never intended that
t"cy Shpu'u Nehc'toTtn NO Iei chHHel
educated .aai ehe|,ercd by the Uni.ed
States The idea on which the slaves
we're assis' ed to freedom was ,h.,. on
becoming free. they would he n self.
,ustaiuing population, Any l"gisituon
that s,,ati iHplv that they arc no, ex.
pectel 10 attuln a se|f-sus'ain,nc coudi.
non must have a tendency i, i.lri us
alike to their character and their pros.
perity.
The appointment Of an sgen, for
every county Al Il parish viii Great. an
irnIrense patronage, and the EXPENSE of
h.. numerous 'fficrrs ard their CLERKS
T. b. appointed ny the president vii,
he R!cat II che !tginn,ug vilh a ten
ie.cy stesdliy t. Increase. Vh. ar-
propriatipns asked bv the freelmsn's
''n' eau as row csf sihsi,"3, fr The year
1866. nm"ul. to Si174, 900. 1t may
ne safely estimated ,ha, The cusc to lie
incurred unaev the penli,g i'll Will re.
qu!r" d,uh!e that nmouur--,more t. an
inc entire sun expended in any one
year under Tie administration Of the
accon nd Adams.
If the presence of agents in every parish
and county i: TO be G. n.iir, ed as Il war n,ea.
sure, opposition or even resistance N sht be
provoked, "a tnat TO give effect to Their ~
ri>dicrion truo would have to te stationed
within reach Il every one ot them and thus o
large standing force be rendered necessary
Large appropr .tio,,s would thefure be re.
qnred to sustain and enforce iliturv iuris~
diction in every county sr PARISH from the
Potomac to the RIO Grand. The condition
of our fiscal affairs j. encouraging, but in or.
6ar tC sn>tni II, ,cosnnf NO .nrs, ,,uhf;