The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-03-02
From the y. y. Tribune.
The TetO of the Freedmen'S Bu-
re0u Blu.

We call President Johnson as our first
witne>s-thouoh there are many others
10 the fact that the whites of the South
too general regard the blacks with con-
tempt and aversion. We think the llc>i-
whites would rise again i'll inSrlrrecIion
and cXtcrminatc the blacks if the latter
were admitted TO equal political rights
with the former but that an antipallv
very generally exists, i beyond dispute.
Only ''makc the ncgro know and keep
his place under the heel OF master
ard the Southron> like him a. Il man likes
his doc or :; wolf hi> mutton: but lc, the
black seem 10 Sav. - / am Il man, and |
claim all the rights OF Il man. and he
becomes impu;Icnt,-' in>oIcnt," pre-
,,mptuou> and every white OF The duel
In, decp-'lrinklng, gambling class feels
Obliged to take him DOWN Ii >crvIit
and cringing. he i tolerated IL Il useful
implement but he i> allowed none OF the
rights oi humanity.
The late >lavrholding class are kinder
to the blacks than the poor whites: hut
too many ol them feel sore, sad and say
age about these days They went 10 war
.or the right 10 carr slaves everywhere ::
they nave come oui Of it with the rigii,
10 hold slaves nowhere ~ tnreli.ie ;tfa
illustration of the Spanish Sayin" that
:. Men sometimes 80 ont for wool and
come home >horn." has not before been
given i'll Il lifetime. The late shareholders
will i'll time be friends OF the slaves but ii
Is not reasonable 10 expect this Just vet
Their slaves were the better part OF many
if not most of them; and they have been
swept away in an hour. 1t l. better than
ii they had been carried otl by pc>llirnrc.
or even run away; ior tie bcrcaved mas
ter sees his cN-,lavcs about him daily.
happy as claims AT high water. and not at
ali conscious that any thing has been lost
or any calamity incurred. The masters
have submitted to invimciblc power: but
tIitN w i't diltNt W HIN tii' i'ti"t til'tl
has 50 heavily >milten them. They are
behaving ;is we'll IL could be expected.
but MOI, i'll many instances. nearly - well
a> could be wished
The trecdmcn's bureau Is the nation ;
right arm. gently but firmly out>lreichcd
to keep the peace between these warrin4
classes. Its principal objects are three ::
! l. TO save the blacks from famine abuse
and massacre. , To ST them at work
3. To see that they are kindly treated
and fairly paid for their Labor Ii Is a
gigantic enterprise, and ha> achieved 4
marvellous success. Hundreds of thou
sands are now Industrious and comiorta-
bic laborcr>, with roofs over their heads
and food in their cabins, who would have
been prowlin". thicvim@. hunted, fami~Ii-
inc va9abond- i'll the absence of the h,i-
rcau. 1t has patiently and generally dis;.-
bllscd the blacks OF the notion that they
are to share their masters lands and
goods: ii has planted schools, inculcalcd
obedience and diligence. and been fore
most in all tie good tha: has lately bei;all-
en- the South. Ii three million bales OF
cotton are made this ycar-;lnd we jligr
that there will be-the ireedmem'S bureau
will have given us at least onc-ihird ol il.
worth not less than 500, 900 GOO in cold
Yet the President has vetoed the bill
providing tor the continuance and greater
efficiency of this bureau, We deeply re-
grct this; and we think he will live to re-
grct it even more kecnly. For ,thi,
veto will be understood by all that Is bril-
tai and rulianly at the South as giving Ii
cense to any abuse and oppression o
the blacks that white malignity and ran
corous hate can devise 1t will be under
stood as Il proclamation Of license 10 th,
meaner whites to wreak their malice OF
their lust upon the hapless and betrayed
blacks There are thousands of innocent
persons now living whom this veto con
signs to painful death before the close OF
the current year.
OF course, the freedmen's bureau 4
: anomalous. There is no dispute as Il
, that. Nay, more: it indicates a blind
roundabout way of doing partial justice
| when complete justice was with the Pres
) idents consenD easier and safer. Thre,
: lines in the federal constitution aboliShin:
5 and inhibiting al! laws and ordinance
that bestow OF withhold privileges becaus
t of color. would be worth several freed
mems bureaus Justice-equal rights
, the recognition OF his manhood-thes
= the eX-slave wants-not coddling and pet
t ting. Say, if you will, that he must rea