Valley Virginian
August 29, 1866, no. 39, pg. 2, col. 4
A telegram from Washington, says Gen. Howard, grand Head Centre of the
Freedmen's Bureau, intends to stop issuing rations to the destitute of
the South, thus throwing the support of the indigent of both races on the
local authorities. Very good, so far as it goes, but why not carry the
idea to its logical conclusion and relieve us of the Bureau too? All most
of them have to do is eat, issue rations, and make mischief.
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