The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-10

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= fselment hHffan. eslabl shell iB
the wl ~ 1869 r. une " NJ many
great and Wimualn nary measures Nv
suwftss q fumtlable rebellion 4.
mfmahtni par n iho public aimin
Isiion with its power greatly IN
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have no felann w tupteae, and
~ hm understand N NJ H. ALLEGED
That the ad ii March isG5. has
proved deficient fof The mfpnao fuf
which N was passed although NJ That
time and lor q considerable period
thereafter. ihe Government II The
I nilel States remained unnek nowl
edged IN most Of the States vlose
inhabitants hnd been engaged In The
rebellion The institution If slavery
for the destruction ~ which thc
Freedmcus Bureau was called inio
service ne an uxiliary, haa already
been cflcctunlly aud finally nbfomtcd
throughout the whole country hy an
amendment 10 the constitution ~ the
United States, aud practically H.
eradication has received the assent
md concurrence Of the most Of those
States in which II existed am not,
therefore, able to discern In the coun-
try anything to justify an apprchcn-
sion that the powers aud agencies Of
the frccdmcn's Bureau, which were
effective for the protection of freed
men and refugees during the actual
continuation of hostilitics and Of
African scryitudc, will not now, in q
time Of peace, and after the abolition
of slavery, prove adequate to the
same ends.
II am correct in these views
there can be no necessity for the en-.
largemcnt of the powers Of the Blu
: rcau, for which q provision is mad,
in the bill. The third section of III,
bill authorizes n general and unlim,
tied agent of support to the dcstitut,
and suffering refugees and freedmen
and their wives and children. Tn,
succeeding sections make provision
for the rent or purchase of lande,
estates for freedmen, and for the cree
ton for their benefit of suitabl,
buildings for asylums and schools
the expense to be betrayed from tn
treasury of the people.
The Congress of the United State
has never heretofore thought itsel
bound to establish any laws beyonc
the limits Of the District of Column
bia, except for the benefit Of u dis
abled soldiers and sailors. 1t ha
never founded schools for any elias
of our people, not even for tn
orphans Of those who have fallen il
defense Of the Union, but has lief
the care of their education to th
much more competent control Of III
, States, Of communities, of private as
f sociations, and Of individuals. ]
|. has never deemed il necessary to ex
|, pend the public money for the rent o
purchase of houses for the thousands
!. not to say millions, of the white rae
, who are honestly t%oiling from day b
, dny for their subsistence. A system
for the support of INDECENT persons il
the United States was never contcm
: plated by the Constitution, nor Gu
, any good reason be advanced why, q
, a permanent establishment, il shout
be founded for one class or color Z
our people more than for another
Pending the war, any refugees Q
/ freedmen received support from III
Government, but ii was never in
tended they should henceforth be f,
1 clothed, educated and sheltered b
tho United States. The idea o
which the slaves were assisted 10 free
: dom, that on becoming free the
would be a self-sustaining populI
Q ton, and any legislation that sha
@ imply that they are not expected
@ attain a sclf-sustaining condition mu
have a tendancy injurious alike
d their character and their prosperit.
+ The appointment Of an agent e
every county and parish will crea
n nm immense patronage, and the e.
pcnse Of the numerous officers NJ
! clerks to be appointed by the Pre-
\ dent, will be great in the b~cginnin
4 with a tendency steadily 10 increa-
4 The appropriations asked Tor by d
Frcedmen's Bureau, as now csta
|, lishcd for the hear 1866, amount
: sli,745,0O II may be safely es
!, mated that the cost to be incurr
= under the pending bill will be doul
&c that amount-morc than the emit
n sum expended in any n year und
i the administration Of the sccot
"A Adams.
Of If the presence Of agents in eve
ne parish and county is to be consider
he as a war measure, opposition, or ey
I'M resistance, might he provoked,
oh that to give effect totheir jurisdictI
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