The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-06

t~asaIssd. Ny . iss IN property
whieh ths eelofsd IepaIasIon wmId
aet fAsI, = tnoss expansive system N
common schools. ~ sven collegiate
education. saafing almost exclusively |
10 The heneht n the oIored mcs,
might Be- established of, With view
u efeal1 demand fcr labor and 90
cure \ hIgh wsgrs, might not a Log |
stature elected by ihs ccIovd pcvu
Isiion NJ the ssats, set on icct q gen.
eral system n internal improvements
Al q most mlnous cost 10 The property
holdepY Would NOT a Legislature,
Too, representing only non-properiy
holders, be strongly tempted 10 en-
tnvagauce 10 fixing their own COM
penaiiou, aud The salaries 10 bc re-
ceived by the officers Of their body,
and 10 consult generally the interests
Of their friends and pariisans' These
dangers can only be guarded against
by having capital and property rep
resented, as well rs persons. Ordin-
arily this Is the case, but the recent
emancipation Of our slave population,
which greatly exceeds in number the
whites, introduces an anomalous con-
dition Of things, which should now
be regarded In regulating the elective
franchise, II we would give stability
} to the government, and protection
and security 10 property and capital,
as we'll as to personal rights.
: But apart from all other consider
, ations, the freedmen as a class are
: incompetent to the safe exercise Of
; the elective franchise, or to the proper
discharge Of any public duty what
ever. They are without even the
: rudiments Of an education, or any
J mental culture whatcverj have nc
, Just conception Of the duties and re.
, sponsibilities Of the voter; are with
' out experience as free agents, ant
T wholly incapable Of comprehendinl
! what constitutes qualification and IT.
: ness for the public service. Is mol
|, their incapacity to take care Of them.
! selves, a fact conceded by the Con-
! gress Of the United States? M
sooner had emancipation occurred
. than they were provided with legally
constituted guardians, known as the
agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, ar
institution the like Of which wai
, , never, perhaps, seen before, and which
. now costs the people millions of dol
lars annually. Gen. Grant stated ID
|, bis late report as General, and also Al
|, Secretary Of War, that the appropri'
atoms for the Freedmen's Bureau, fol
the year ending June 20, 1868, wer'
s3,s00,000. The expenditure for th'
eleven months from October lst
4 1866, to August 3lst 1867, wer'
/, s3,eO0,oO0. Accompanying Genera
Grants report Is also one from Gen
Ord, as commander Of the 4th mill
a tary district. In speaking Of th,
= freedmen, Gen. Ord says; 1 u
4 "Their intelligence is not suflicien
; to enable them to combine for th'
L execution of their will. All thei
Q combinations are now conducted b.
q white men under the protection 0
n the military" Gen. Gillem, th
o chief Of the bureau in this State, says
+ "There Is 4 widespread belle
II which Is daily increasing among tb
i freedmen, that the land Of III. Stat
II Is to be divided and distributed anon
" them, and In some districts this lila
,e sion Is assuming q practical form b
!. the freedmen refusing 10 contract 70
'. the next year, or to leave the premi'
! g they have cultivated last year,
Is Surely, sir, we have fallen upo
,e evil times when q class Of person
10 who, because Of their ignorance, m
Sc incapacity to manage theirown affair
a. are adopted As wards Of the gossrl
he ment, and supported, in part at leas
as by appropriations from the nation
&c treasury, are to be prematnreIy er
ia frsnchiscd, and entrusted with u
Of guardianship and management Of d
N Affairs Of those who are greatly the
nd superios In inielIect, cultivation
nv civilization, and all Of the qualiti'
a. essential 70 capacity for the admin
Al traiion d owl governmsA 10
nd Il is certainly true that the coud
10 ton Of The freedmen Of the State
h now much worse than Il was n