, 1866-04-13
From WASHINGTON.



The Ff6edmen's Bureau and
Eroodp,o,,.c AHa;rc
.-d rr,sr, IT,. p-.sta.nt4
trora.nond.nc- or ~. rht...o T.,un.,
w.su1ycToYs Ami .. 1eaa
The Interview of General Howard with the
President on the 9th Inst. WIS one of impor
'tance As win annear from = r.,umr ut the con.
yersat,on which / nm able to rive You below.
TIE General was received bv Appointment.
and was cordially greeted. an alwars hereto.
fore, except perhaps during the continuance
rcnumbra Of the first veto, when a shade Of
stiffness might be pardoned as quite natural
The General opened the conversation by
explaining that be had sought the interview
for the purpose Of learning, without DELAY,
the effect which tho Proclamation was de-
sirped to produce upon the methods and
machinery Of the Bureau. More spec,acal1y.
be wished 10 know il martial law was now
abollshed. and with It the system of military
cnurts established: for the protection Of the
otherwise unprotected freed people,
The President replied. without hesitation.
that the proclamatIon was a declaration Of
ro1tev. and pothine more that 1t did not
abolish military conrts. did mt re1nnre mar.
ti,1 Inv and was oot acs7cnea tn 1noa,rp the
--c-st,o,,s ~ tha nn,a.o in onx ,rsna.t 1,b,,.
sre- On the cont,1r q wss III Presidents
..->.....;.,, ,.5 .-,,ns, a..,,, th.+ ,ho "a
trN,
m'nist!suon o. tne outeau 1non'o oe con'u-
uea as heretofore ana t0at ai )aaacaai iune-
tions should be exercised, as the interests Of
fT4tu
f1,4ha- nhaarred 4het +b;s nnoc1snst,on
-,s r-as...,...,.. ,,ss.--at.I - ~
wonld be E1ecutlSely interpreted ana ap-
Piled precisely ms was the proclamation an
uomclng tho restoration Of Tennessee. As
The States or parts Of States give unquostion-
.h7a evidence ~ rntf,e rra5i1rs. n A. i'm mar.
au, - n~,.1 " -. :s..@,sssu- ~ -
liai justice, they VIII De 4haisaaaah5 aao 10
caly relieved no1n miAtasy government not
Otherwise, nor sooner. .-
The General then asked speeinc instruc.
,t,-,. T., 4ha c,co ~ Kentucky a1lrdI,o :, tbo
t.ons ~ .ne sAsc - As, ~ auS t.4:. " ene
e1'tene f5u'eae"7 VI 'uc "lnte sae'@ens u
thst loyal State under what WAS deemed an
impairment intermeddling with local affairs,
,nd ynfimet]nr- his. individual rradiness tn
ohcv anv orGcrt the: President MIGHT h.
ooes ay c >'e os
The President replied, that there can be no
dis elimination IN favor OF unreasonable pre-!
,naices s{mply becausc they are extreme. or
.r4re,ns1,. r,nra,son,h,a. stil, 1aas cen nns
s,sts r,;t,, in.1,,iranoo den,,d -, .notbs. :,
Ssa.s eA.A. eensee " 1nnsae' .
that Inc administration o. General Fisk had
not l,een oppressive, so far Is he could learn,
but had been prud.ntlv confined to the de-
fence OF the personal rights Of his wards and
that such an administration must be cont{u-
as The restiveress Of the White ciiizsns uuder
| wholesome government might rendesspecial
iudiciat arcncies necessarY to thJ ends al
ronI instice.
The Generals impression at the close Of tho
interview y as clear, that the Presidents dccl
lorattons we're cntt1falent to nothing lass than
! an assertfon OF his rcadluess to sa5ct,on tha
ACCOMPLISHMENT. through the Burcau IS Of
nresent orennized, Of Substantially all that
js arrived at ip the Civil Rights Bull He does
| not anticipate any. factions opposition from
The President to The execution Of the provis.
ions ot that bill, when 1t shnll hava become 1
| law and in any event he intends to take the
| President at bis word, aud require Of his
nrrnts fhc prompt coGpiEance aud exemplary
punishment Of eyery offence against the spirit
Of its provisions.
| ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY.
sfstaut Corumsstontr for The State Of Georgia,
teke1sphed General Howard that he had Just
] rcrriyed The proclamation Of the Sd. and was
nj = loss 10 M prosesd Without the Id oi militia.
r. rrercsatires In the administration of tusttce
zen. Howard NJ opcc sent The despatch bf
| the hand of m aid. 10 the President who,
1ffer readine it. remarked, that Gen. Till,op'e
| infnrmation WAS in ADVANCE Of his own. for hs
| Ind not vet heard Of the abolition Of martini
| Law f. He referred The desnafch ID tho secre
! lar of War Whnse opjnio1, haa not yet been
rrndercf.
THE LETTER
J oec,r rIorord raccntlv nnh41shed IN III.
B.s.,55fo17a <t ftis civ, cnatraa aaictfn~ the as
eatsSon ~ Gnv'' RTnwnioT. thst the Rnrear
mi 20 r. srh1it3ad IN the President nv Gen
Howard and Cen. Fisk. Who torether read Il
! ~ h;n,. serf,nn hr sectinn doea mi effect III,
nntx: imr,ortant ,ssue. IA The Rfnub1ieoJ
Wn;,,d hsyn ifs readers he1ieye. and hastc
rsodinp Tn;oht serm II ind;catr. 7
Tbe General prndently confines himself t.
,be snecidc aiienation and says that he AM
! .eneral FTsl i1id moi m fno-rfher and add
thnt tscr lid not. ejtIer OF them. present K
s1s prc.}a.rt fhe iii, IN dne form. lie oh
serves, inc5dcnta1iy. that he had iniecd dis
cIo.c3 tHe snh}ect tnntter of Ina hill T3ih Ia
PrssiGcnt in scyeral free Conversations. If /
cnnli hare tcen done wfthont secminr TO .,
ont of h,s xar. he won1d rladlv hare addet
that Senator T1nrfr1]i fnoE fhe bill from hi
: hautis md IN nccordnnce with nm undct
! Standing Ietyeen them. submitted It to th
president- who. after careful reading, ruise,
no nhicct3on. :
II isnf M lmportance to the publlc VII,
carried the bill to the White Hunse, and @
9i taat IT + - hIS nwn hanS ar a"rped Win n,
!. Trumbul % thas one should take II for both