The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-01

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all enemies Of the country, whether SotbA
secessionists, Northern disunionists or COZ
heads, can read the opinion which the yn4
man Of the people entertains Of them. We
he stands there the masses OF the peone N
rally around him as the great political leaar
Of the present crisis
| TIE Mono TRooPs AND THE REBxIIlox-
The radical antI-administration journals ass
bowling against President johnson for his veto
Of the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and take eve
occasion to blaze forth tho fact that nj. -
aided the white Union troops in puttiS - 80
the rebellion. Suppose they did: ,.ao. Z,
not fight as much for the ep -" 49,.
their own race as they did a.
and having achieved ths, ~, .,.,.
accomplished more thay she whlfe sela'srs'
who fourbt for the Emancipation Of tho
-. H.. as the fat blacks Of
~ som.h, rh.r were nearly two hundred
.ho,.sna oo,o,. troops In the Union ranks.
.na .ha-. ,,,.e three millions of ,slaves In
what NAV cry properly be called 40 rcbei
armies Although they did not perhaps go
;uto lids Of battle, yet they went into
Cal, OF corn, wheat, rye and oats; they slaugh-
led and cured hogs and cattle; they made
millions of tons of hay for the rebel cavalry;
they took care of the homesteads, the gardens.
the truck patches, and did more effectual SER
vice against the Union cause, probably, by
keeping the rebel armies supplied with pro-
visions, forage, fresh meats, fruits and vcge-
tables, than any single corps Of rebel veterans
on actual duty. In this estimate we do not
include the immense number of blacks who
worked upon rebel fortlflc atoms, entrenchmcnh
and breastworlks, or who served as teamsters,
servants, &C., in the rebel service. Here We
find three millions Of blacks giving aid and
comfort TO the rebels against two hundred
thousand doing service in the Union ranks.
Those three millions, too, had the stronger
motive to fight for the Union, for
they were enslaved, while the Union
colored soldiers were free. 1t may be
urged that those three millions Of quasi-rebel
blacks were compelled to do as they did-that
they had TO labor for the subsistence Of tho
rebel troops or they would suffer torture, II not
DEATH On the other hand, how was v with ~
poor whites who came. under the inexorablD
CONSUMPTION act OF the rebel government Was
any mercy shown themi Had they not eithss
TO fight the rebol aght or perish BY The swords
of rebel leadcrsf So far then as moral and
physical coercion is concerned, It is manifest
that the poor white, the Union loving whits,
who was forced to take up arms against IL
dag he loved, is more to be pitied than To
blask who labored at homo that his master
might fight and be fed on the battle field We
hold, therefore, that while the blacks Of ~
South, having obtained their freedom, arc
being suitably taken care Of by the govern
mont pending thoir transition from state Of
slavery to a state Of freedom, It il Unnecessary
TO establish permanent eieemosynsry instifa-
ton for their perpetual settlement upon IL
treasury Of the country, and that while To
fivors Of the government are being bestowed
upon those who either directly or indirectly.
but unwillingly. aided the rebel cause, The
claims of the poor white conscript earnestly
demand candid hearing.
New CoURr HousE Commemorative Board
Of Supervisors at their last meeting, AFTER hav-
ing been asleep for the last Eve years in regard
W VIC buoJccsp fuooeu shoh cyoe ouu vRcAoo
them to the fact that there has been an awful
amount Of plundering and corruption about
the construction Of the new Court House. But
Notwithstanding the developments thus far,
showing an amount OF private peculaiion with
out parallel in the history Of other local cor
ruptons, 1t seems that the whole budget has
not yet been fully presented, and that tho
burthen is so weighty that to special commit
tee has been assigned the duty Of further az
posure. All the special committees In The
world, however, cannot rub out the ingrainea
fact that The city and county Of New York
have, by some means or other, fair or foul, been
made TO pay million and q half for their new
Court House beyond the original estimate, and
the building Is still far from being completed.
But this committee cannot remedy the evil.
1t Is perhaps wise to parade the details Of
official corruption In the premises, but thss
will not restore the money unlawfully paid out
back TO the treasury OF the city and county.
The right and the only way 10 reach this evil,
and to prevent others likely to succeed II, b
for the Legislature TO wipe out the Board Of
Supervisors altogether, and give 10 Board a
Control, composed OF high-minded and respon-
sible citizens, the power Of disbursing moneys
for oil such purposes. In this way reform
can be reached, corruption and pcculs-
ton prevented, and more thorough protection
afforded 10 the tax-paying community than all
that the Roard NJ gunervisors and All thea