The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-06

that glowed in the hearts of the youths
Of the army, and. the loss Of whom hath
caused much mourning throughout the
Southern land. y" '.'
write the above, glad Of the oppor.
'tunity to bear my testimony, feeble
as it is, to the 'virture, to the honor, the
peerless courage Of the subject of this
sketch ~ Yours, l'S = q
II u~,. ,.'r'4l2 .l--s - .s--L-- IL
Judge Aldrioh's Charge to the Grand Jury
- ofRiohland.
We are greatly. embarrassed in the
management Of our domestic affairs. by
the presence and Interference Of the
Freedmon's Bureau. I believe, if the
difficult and delicitte problem Of organi
zing the labor of our former slaves was
entirely left to us, who once, owned the
freedmen, understand their character
and feel for their condition, things would
be so managed as 10 enable u.s. very
soon, to regain their confidence and to
infuse into their minds a feeling ot secu-
rity and protection: which vii. be mutu-
ally beneficial. But as matters now
stand, distrust IS Sngendered, the freed
men are taught to be sucpicions of their
old nasers-to believe.that their inter.
e$ts are antagonist-7and, encouraged to
distrtst their counsel, 6dyice and aid !;
all Which would soon cease, if this inter.
ested aud prejudicea Bureau was renlov-
ed. 1t is great, useless, expensive
and mischievons machinery, which seems
to be kept up simply to grind taxes ont
of the people for the support Of cunning
politicians, excited lnnatics and political
preachers. Our black people. "wards
of the nation" as they are called. whose
best friends are the men who reared and
owned them would receive little sympa.
thy from their new.found friends, as do
the poor white people of the North,
were II not for the millions Of money
WEIGH the congress has placed at the dis.
posal OF the Bureau. All that we can
do, under present circumstances is to
treet them justly and kindly. encourage
them to work, and assist them in every
way to better their condition and inn
prove. their education. The State has
placed them as fully under the protec-
ton of. the law rs the white residents,
and it Is not only our duty, but our in
terest, to see that they receive this pro.
lection, and are not imposed upon.
Here and there, | have no. ,donht, there
are instances where a feeling of domi,
neering is manifested against the negro !;
but these instances are rare. and | will
venture to say, it will be found on ex
animation, that the men who thus out.
rage public sentiment are those who
never owned slaves and were always
known as bnllies and rowdies. Such
violations Of the law are not to be en-.
couraged. The negro, now, as he was
under the old system, is protected by the
laws, Andyit is our pulicv, as we'll ss our
duty, to see that this protection ia secur.
cd him. We must let him know and
feel that we are his best friends, that we
will sustain him when he Is right, end
thus encourage him to becunle,e useful
member of society. In no other way
can We make him profitable laborer !;
in no other way can we induce him to
assist in developing the resources Of the
country. II is true. he .follows, now,
his old instincts, and there are frequent
cases of theft, which must be punished.
until he learns the duties aud feels the
dignity Of freedom. In time, he wiz
discover that he must sustain the inst-
tutions of society, as we'll as Tho white
man, and that it is his interest to do 80;
but, whenever he 'ors comnii. crime, let
the punishment De administered in due
course of law, by the, proper authorities,
and he will SION begin to feel his respon
sibilities and fear the disgrace and pun.
ishment which followsa violation of the
laws Of the land. fla different course
be pursued, and the aggrieved parties
take the punishment into their own
lands, it will excite a, feeling of resen