The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-19
Public Money Devoted to Party Pur.

poses. :. 81 ~
Mr.. ,FRAzAR Che. has, some military IL,
tle-what, we do not know sssub-assist-
ant Tor "sub-soil'') commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau at Lexington, pub
fishes in yesterdays Ne,o Nation q defence
of himself for his late public harangueto
the negroes of that town. He AYERS that in
making that speech he was only discharg-
ing duty imposed upon him by the orders
from the Bureau g headquarters" and In
proof of his assertion he reproduces a no.
torious order Of Colonel BROWN, !" Head
Centre - of the Bureau for the State, issued
about year since. That order attracted
much attention at that time, but is even
more outrageous in. it's application at this
day than it. was then. It is in effect an
order to the sub-commissioners to become
partisans, and advance the cause of the
Republican or Radical party. We quote it,
as follows: .s,.s,.sF sist: 81.
CIRCULAR LETTER.
81. R,cnaoSp, Vas May % 1857;
"A
freedmen and refugees. Urea the officers OF the
Bureau to aid the freedmen in making the freedom
conferred upon them available to themselves.
to the freedmen voting, ana to advise .and IN.
ps1 n rfs
ayatlng yourselves Of the various meetings of the
freedmen and other means s ct your command. z
If any freedman fail to register through igno-
ure shall happen win Beconsidered derelictin the
pssnedl g. BROWN S Assistant
Everybody understands this order. It is
as plain as q nose in mans face. Under
the specious pretext Of "counteracting the
'sinfuence of persons inimical to freed
atmen's voting" the subs are instructed to
ssinstruct !" the negroes s in regard to their
arights and the great importance Of their
g exercising them" The story Of coun-
g teracting y is as old as that sort Of pre-
text is infamous. EsoP gives us an exam n ! !.
pie in, the measures taken by the wolf " to
counterfeit the hostile act Of the sheep
in muddying the stream below his wolfship I
The wolf wanted pretext for an outrage,
and SO did Colonel Brown, and he made no
more ado about trumping it up than the
wolf did. .ss, .s 81, ~;
The truthful translation Of Colonel
BRowS's order lis that it directs the subs
first to,instrnst the negroes $ hoso ITO vote,
and, secondly, to see that they do yote.
That is oil. The Bureau is o Republican
institution for party purposes, and the.
faithful Colonel BRoWN is endeayoring to
make it work according to the design of its.
creators. Thus is the nation enormously
taxed to disseminate the destructive prin-
ciples Of Radicalism and increase the nu-
merical force Of the Radical party. The
Democrats and Conservatives Of the North
have To, pay ont Of their pockets to sustain
this party machine, and even we, who are
suffering in all respects from the horrible
incubus, are forced to pay ont Of our exhaust
ed means to, defrayl it's expenses Is there
anything more unjust and vicious in the
policies Of the most srahnicsl government
on the face az HE earth ~
According Is The rspubl ican notions of
other days, office holders rho msdd,sd ii
politics we're held az committing q crest,
breach g prepsisty ana ads.sya II wasjeou.
sidersd that thsy were tl,hlsmSslyss ever on
trial before the tribunal 81 fhs people, slId
Ihad III, ripht ri intcrfarts Win ahats 49,