, 1866-03-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
History ofthe Frcedmen,A Bureau Bill
Tho Future of tie EiuAncipaled Race

TFumbnll also discussed tho subject with Mr.
johnson, and, like Gen. Howard, understood
him to be heartily agreed to oil that vas pro
posed. After the bill had taken shape, ant
Was ready 10 be sent to Congress, 1t was for
mally submitted for executive revision, and
after examination was entirely approved. Tht
speclons promises Of grtas things to be done
for the freedmen were reiterated to the Com
missioner upon cycry occasion, up to the very
hour Of his departure for the North-les;
than two weeks before the bill went to tht
President with the sanction of four.hfths O.
the House Of Representatives, and OF nearly
four-ftths OF the Senate; and the Generate
parting remark to q friend, who qucsici
whether the executive approval was quite Sc
cure, was "My dear sir, the President Is one
OF the warmest and truest friends the Bureau
has, and he las already approved the act 70,
its extension give yourself no dnsasiness OF
Mat score.n
He returned but few hours before the veto
Was sent to the Senate, to tind his "warmesi
and truest friend" too much engaged ia
erant him even IN interview.
Two days later, the President assures him
that the present statute continuing the
Bureau for one year after the close of the war,
will he 20 construed that the year shall begin
with the date Of the forthcoming proclamation
declaring the war ended, and the Union re.
stored, and intlmating afresh that great things
arc yet 10 be done by the Moses of the negroes
through the Aaron Of the Bureau. Where
upon the Commissioner publishes clrcnlar
to his assistants, directing them to continue
in the full exercise ot their several functions
until further notice.
coSJEcTUREs.
It Is clear, nevertheless, that the days OF
the Bureau are fully numbered. nud that Its
best work is finished. For, however illogical
his Ezcclleney may be In certain directions,
he argues consccutively enough in Others.
The controlling premise of every syllosism
hereafter used Is 10 he "The pocket States
have all tho rights Of any States" Ind 1t
takes no doctor Of philosophy to surmlse that
II this premise Is to lie at the bottom of every
argument, the Bureau premises will not long
be wanted anywhere.
It must also follow that the troops will be
steadily Withdrawn, aud that the meagcr gas-
risons remaining at few points will be 80
hampered with Instructions that no black man
will be protected by their presence. Next, no
Yankee will be permitted (by the emauclpated
chivalry) to pollute the sacred soil, aud least
Of all will federation be shown to Yankee
teachers Of negroes,
mean that 50 far as the will Of the Presi-
dent is potent to produce the political condi.
ttou he desires, 80 for viii these phases Of the
social condition become inevitable.
The oTcfshadoWing influence of "the op-
ponents Of this Government" Is his Excel
lency Is pleased to designate the loyal millions
who made him President, will constantly op-
crate TO modify and limit his success, and 80
far forth TO avert the awful chaos to which
society reconstructed upon the Executive
theory would come. =:
1t follows that the eleemosynary work
among the freed people Is 10 be largely In
creased, or else that the freed people are to
be re-cnslaysd, under the prctencs of Tranquil
lizing them.
The President will not devote himself 10
the negro, nor will he allow any OF his sutor-
dinates to devote themselves to The negro !; IN
fact, he viii turn the cmane1pated blacks
back To the tender embrace of the masters
from whose arms the fortunes Of war 50 rnde-
1y tore them, and all will he we'll, and be will
feIicitous1y lukenfng the abolitionIsts and the
negroes to d young man and youn,. woman
betfothed to each other by parental fiat, and,
ignorant Of the parental purpose, falling In
love the natural way, and ultimately making
the Issue that they must elope in order 10 be
married. Paternsl Audrew! How charming
and tender surprise he IL preparing for the
opponents Of this Government!
FRESH LEGISLATION.
1t poorly accords with the present temper
Of Congress 10 ..giye it up so-' Senator
Foot Will return to his seat soon, and if Sem
ator Wright, with whom he WIS paired, shall
not conraleece rs rapidly, Senator Morgan, 1t
Is said, will move reconsideration, and the
bill will yet be passed. For 1t is no secret
that the stump speech is confessed by Nor
gan, Raymond and their set, to be IN awful
load, and their friends prophesy that they will
not bear II much longer.
In the Senate, Mr.. Wilson has Introduced
bill to continue the Bureau In Its present form
for two years, aud to make 1t the duty Of thc
Commissioner to administer 1t with sufficient
Eigor TO protect in tile full enjoyment of their
civil rights a}l the objects Of Its care. In the
House, Ar. Eliot Is preparing new bill of like
import, and both will be In form for dlscue-
SION at an early day. Some, bin will unqucs-
tionab}y pass, md pass In such form that q
veto will not hurt It. Meanwhile the bill to
confer impartial suffrage upon the citizens of
the District, 30 long since passed by the
House, and which 1t Was understood was not
TO have been prcseed In the Senate If the Pre.i-
dent had signed the Bureau bill, has slrcady
bccn taken up, and will be presented 10 his
for veto within fcw days H.
deed, it Is proposed, and In no boyish temper,
to give the President occasion to veto himself
berond all misunderstanding.
SENATOR THUABULL.
Illinois is most nobly represented in this
crisis. To MF. TrunbnlI belongs the honor
Of having been first to move in the premises,
and firmest and manifest to stand by his
measure. His bill wa5 perfected upon the
basis Of Gen. Howard's draft with tho most
care, and has upon many occa-
tions commanded the highest commendation
Of critical colleagues. He introduced it op-
portune}y, held 1t before the Senate patiently,
replied TO the attacks OF the opposition with
dignity and poltteness, and upon
the f1nal debate sustained It in review or
The veto message. which, as your readers have
already seen, covers the Senator with honor.
At every step he has been heartily sustained
by Senator Yates; and II the country had but
been spared its Illinois President, it taxes no
nan's faith to believe that instead Of na-
.ional lamentation, we should now have ma
tcnal Thanksgiving,
GENERAL HOWARD,
as have already lntimased, is exceedingly