Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-12-06
work AMONG THE FREEDMEN
Address Of Major General o. @. Howard,
Recently Dehrered IN Or. St0T2's Church
tHf - IN Cincinnati. p'ft e.7

80 n. u.,I
ADDRESS OF major oeHesa' 80. - s"''''
hecenfy De"rered ~ Dr. o'Vff ., oH"rc" -" ar'
IN Canc""u"' -, 81.
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uenerai howard negan py vp,ec",,i"g
the use OF The hatterIng 'etms Sn,cn hau
ueen applied 10 MN py Vno s, ',s'uen.' ,sl
lney were more than nc uo'e's7', pu' ni,
ter oil he did not suppose anyVeay would
DC mis'ea py tau !. knew wnae'' meant,
but your Presiucnt sara 1 waf"Ppoln,oo
py PRESIDENT Lincoln na' D. :, = m,''ane' =, :
W hep our army ioacnep ee., 'no
news OF the assassin g'efcyf4e lincoln
came 20 us shall n ,.us g can
not dtscriue, VIC wv <eeu 'na'
Rnpennoee 'remp'
iinng smeng the peop'c OF WIT VINO Y, ?
had pecn MS enemies, ana the men oi 'ne
army, the whoie army uroppea 're'r heaus
10 sorrow.
when wo reached hiehmond, virginia,
received disparh IRON the secretary
OF war directing me 10 not mareh win
'he army oNerlPna, put 10 come as quekly
rs posslo'e 70 "hsning'on' u'u NOV
Know what ne wanted, but went apu on
"r',''"g a, "".n'"R,on ! sought MI" CUT
unu Sonie,nlng INC 'ne 'ohow'ns So"'o,'
sauon TOOK pi"eo' oaid ne, 'een. howard
wo nave been looking Tor some ''ms Tor .
man 10 place az ,he heaa oi tue rieoumeh
bureau Mr h'ncoin had thonRnt o. you
ou' was. .uh"i'n"g 10 oa', you l4o% 'he
held' VOW ,nat theWaf ~ ehaes' WIN you
no. accept iu :,
ielt 'hat iroViaehco ma "oiA 10.
mo 10 DO IN this departments: hosiaes,
haa haa an 'n',mat'on OF this auty be'ng
assigned me whilo on my way 10 thoVnpi'
tol, aud had thought u over somewhat.
told hlm would accept
As soon hs possible prepared pan ol
organization, aud submitted % 70 the See
rotary which no moalueu somo"n". ~
consisted, as you know, OF commissioners
IN ~ each state with SUB Commissioners IN
uistfich anu oountloS hccofulnR 70 opoPu'
iauen. Most OF these were oiheefs ol the
army, ae.aiioa TOT 'he purpose ~ was
imposslole iof me 10 know s'' ~ theh'
put the state commissioners 4 'd'd Know
ihey were christian gen'iemo"' anu brave
ana ial'hiu' soldiers ! may say mere ,ha'
'ne'r action mas oosn severely c,ipo'Ssu ~
ss.,' :, '"..""sts' -. '' p.as,s
is". So ~ "a u''so .,'o '"s' W. 20
Iaro,,,,or,, 80 ,ho;r chsrao,o. hn, !, .ivos
r., -, -.
~ p,s"sato - " y s""' ~ "''yes eIo'J
,a,aIla e.l'a 80 as IT, h,oa ,s.sa1 =. .o,o" ~
y .'' III ",.s,a - -
- 80. -. -. fsas'.l P,ys P.s,;s, Ies'.e
~; y S;".so ss ~" "a. Ia - 80 .ras.nra onv oe
san s,sa '.a 49, ~ Ia ,.;ss,s;n,s 50 =
nr;''h,aas' Thsv a.. ~ ,hn,a
men Who have gisSs.pn sars ~ f;ex In
their devotion 10 their couhtry-ssl of them
brave. devoted soldiers. and honest. earn
est Christian gentlemen.
When surveyed tho Geld before me, I
saw that the labor system of the South
was almost totally broken nm. In the path
of our army the negroes aoekcd after us,
and we left desolatiou behind us In 9th.
er places. the system of slave labor was
zone. aud nothing was left ia itss,ead.
uaye that question mysattention. fas
The great crowds of refugees Mt Nor
folk. Fortress Monroe and other places,
| tried 10 dissinato BIZ furnishing trans.
pOTtNuun 10 Us ulnny nS COulu una 0ONc5.
Than ,he contract svs,sm was intro
Ianced .. ~ fe.gnayd 10 the colorsd men
"a well aa 70 her o,onlovers Thero was
!. orossnro ncon mo ,son, both Nor,hern
and o soa,harrp ~, 49,, 80 80 n,, - onara,;an
soma olan no which Tho black neonIs could
les ~ asp"al,s5 Is - .a ,a,n Ia F Frenea,eJ
ssa;n I'D saa;a :" -. H., ,Lsv wanld
.e, mosL ,,,,,.a ae,,asIlaJ - 40 ~ hnt I
@v' w. ""'esa 'YA'Ps"s. " '. VI L., :
90 e'a''i. f,@", 49, ~ !, -
,Ia.. - s-N "e,;aJ slaras,
'"s' .s'"s " ,o'"ss"''' /" p''''S"' ''"''y
iaiu usVery'ning IN my power 10 oail
ou' TOE iaoor OF tue eoun'ry' anu " paNe
~ e"p'oyed' ana feel sale Ia saying
'n"' our en'r's nave peen successful; iu
great measure: ms year we can shuw
o'oP 1''."o ~ "i''"ons n's "unp'eu 'uou
sa"u pa'es oi' oo''o", Des,aes "ise'
smoune OF provisions tnan haS peen pro-
aueeu ,or many years
vi 'ne uepa',u'eu. oi Jusuee n1s'
n'uo W say D's'''cs Sonniahuors has'
yeon p'ae1u ~ q. ehurge '1i 'ns', pu' SUI
'"'J "s' '"o VN'0'is VI 'N' bureau "
great extent -
i' 10 % 'no ,,'. eouca'lVna' worN .1a' ue
s"e espeeiahy W i"e'9 ,"'nS, ~
my opinion, depenas, so lar as ihe speedy
so'''s'"en' VI our u."su''ieS Is eois'r"ou
On tue eancA'ion " Tue 'naSseS ., ifeee
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