Mr. RUMBULL. Before I get through I shall endeavor to state to the Senfrom Irv diana what I understand by “ military protection ” which seems to have disturbed im; but at the present time I was undertakin to show that there was no provision in the b1 for the exercise of judicial antherity except in the 8th section. Rights are declared in the 7th, but the mode of protecting them is provided in the 8th section, and the 8th section then declares explicitly that the jurisdiction that is conferred shall be exercised only in States which do not assess full constitutional rights as parts of the Ynion. Indiana has at all times had all the constitutional rights pertaining to any State has them now, and therefore the otheers and a cuts of this bureau can take no jurisdiction of any case in the State of Indiana. It will be another question, which I will answer, and may as well answer now, perhaps, as to what is meant by “military protection. The secoudpsectiondeclares that “the POTUS, through the War Dept, and the Commissioner, shall extend military jurisdiction and protection over all emplo e s, agents, and oificers of this bureau.” e wants to know the effect of that in Indiana. This bureau isa penpf the Military establishment. The effect of that ln Indiana is precisely the same as in every other State, and under it the odicers and agents of the Freedmens Bureau will occu)y the same position as do the otheers and soldiers of the U.S. Army. What is that? While they are subject to the Rules and Articles of War if they chance to be in Indiana and violate her laws they are held amenable the same as any other person. The officer or soldier in the State of ndiana who commits a murder or other offense upon a citizen of Indiana is liable to be indicted, tried and punished, just as if he were a civilian. When the sheriff oes with the process to arrest the soldier or o icer who has committed the offense, the military author 1866. r321 ities surrender him up to be tried and punished according to the laws of the State. t hasal ways been done, unless in time of war when the courts were interrupted. The jurisdiction and “protection” that is extended over these officers and agents is for the purpose of making them subject to the Rules and Articles of War. It is uecessa for this reason: in the rebellions States civil authority is not yet fully restored. There would be no other way of punishing them, of holding them to accountability, of governing and controllin them, in many portions of the country; an it is because of the condition of the rebellious States, and their still being under military nuthorit, that it is necessary to put these officers an agents of the Freedmens Bureau under the control of the military power. The Senator says the original law only embraced within its provisions the refugees in the rebellious States; and now this bill is extended to all of the States, and he wants to know the reason. I will tell him. When the original bill was passed, slavery existed in Tennessec, Kentucky, Delaware, and in various other States. Since that time, by the constitutional amendm ent, it has been everywhere abolished.