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Letter to Editor
March 8, 1866
The Tiffin Weekly Tribune
Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Letter from Attaway, March 8, 1866, to the Tiffin Tribune editor discussing the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill by President Johnson. The writer notes it would have protected millions of freedmen with land, shelter, food, and clothing across Southern states, but criticizes Congress for not providing similar aid to soldiers.
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Freedmen's Bureau.
Attaway; March 8th, 1866,
Mr Editor :--In a recent issue of your very worthy Tribune, I notice that you solicit items of local importance from any source. You will, of course, readily discover that it is an impossible thing for us to furnish you anything like local matter, because I don't live there ; and if I did, I have such an inexcusable distaste for talking about something I know nothing about, that it renders me totally unfit to bring ideas of local transactions to bear on the subject, "I shall merely talk briefly of the Freedmen's Bureau."
This Bureau, as constructed by "Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, has, recently been knocked in the head by the veto of the President, which renders it useless for the present, I have no knowledge as to the exact number of freedmen and refugees who would have come under the protection of this Bureau, but will be safe in saying several millions, or more. This Bureau was to take in the territory of every Southern State, including thirty million acres of good land; which was to be divided and allotted for the benefit of these freedmen and, besides all this, it was intended to shelter, feed and clothe them. But, I see no right for the soldier who has done so much in this noble land, and the government can't equalize bounties because they have not got the money to "spend",; If Congress had only been as extravagant to the soldier as they have to the freedmen it certainly could appropriate for the use of soldiers, thirty million acres of good land, with a guarantee that they would clothe and feed them alive without the Bureau; as Polly.
Freedmen's Bureau.
Attaway; March 8th, 1866,
Mr Editor :--In a recent issue of your very worthy Tribune, I notice that you solicit items of local importance from any source. You will, of course, readily discover that it is an impossible thing for us to furnish you anything like local matter, because I don't live there ; and if I did, I have such an inexcusable distaste for talking about something I know nothing about, that it renders me totally unfit to bring ideas of local transactions to bear on the subject, "I shall merely talk briefly of the Freedmen's Bureau."
This Bureau, as constructed by "Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, has, recently been knocked in the head by the veto of the President, which renders it useless for the present, I have no knowledge as to the exact number of freedmen and refugees who would have come under the protection of this Bureau, but will be safe in saying several millions, or more. This Bureau was to take in the territory of every Southern State, including thirty million acres of good land; which was to be divided and allotted for the benefit of these freedmen and, besides all this, it was intended to shelter, feed and clothe them. But, I see no right for the soldier who has done so much in this noble land, and the government can't equalize bounties because they have not got the money to "spend",; If Congress had only been as extravagant to the soldier as they have to the freedmen it certainly could appropriate for the use of soldiers, thirty million acres of good land, with a guarantee that they would clothe and feed them alive without the Bureau; as Polly.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Slavery Abolition
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Freedmen's Bureau
Presidential Veto
Senator Trumbull
Freedmen Aid
Soldier Bounties
Land Distribution
Southern States
What entities or persons were involved?
Polly
Mr Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Polly
Recipient
Mr Editor
Main Argument
the freedmen's bureau, intended to aid millions of freedmen with land, shelter, food, and clothing, was vetoed by the president, rendering it useless; congress should have been as generous to soldiers as to freedmen by providing them similar support without a bureau.
Notable Details
Veto By President Of Senator Trumbull's Bill
Thirty Million Acres Of Land For Freedmen
Contrast With Treatment Of Civil War Soldiers