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by The hand, congraluIatrng him upon
the noble spirit he had displayed.
From the National Mfelligencer.
THE THIRD VETO OF THE LAND


, ILhardly surprised any one, yester
day, 10 learn that the President had mol
! signed The bill for repeating that proyi-
sion OF the Distribution Act which sus
ponds its operation during the existence
OF duties upon goods imported from for
etgn countries at a higher rate than
twenty cents in the dollar upon the val.
ue Of such imports. By retaining it in
his possession until Congress adjourned,
he has Of course defeated it as effectu
ally as though he had returned it with
his objections The President might
however have signed it, as he did sign
the Tariff Law; one objection TO both
these measures, much relied upon in
his late Veto Message-that is, the
coupling Of the questions Of The Tariff
and the Land being removed by their
having been divorced by act Of Congress,
and presented to him singtY.
"A considerable proportion OF tho du-
ties laid by the new Tariff Act being at
a rate exceeding the limit of twenty per
cent. upon the value, the restriction IN
The Distribution act now takes effect,
and the operation Of that act is suspen.
ded until we shall have an Executive
and Congress in accord upon Wing
ground-which, as we have said before,
will assured occur a; the earliest meet
ing Of Congress after the Sd day of
March, 1915.
An error seems 10 exist in the public
mind on this subject, especially among
our friends in the West, which requires
10 be corrected. This error consists in
their considering the failure to repeal
tho restriction in the Distribution Act as
a surrender Of the principle Of that act.
So far from being true, this view OF the
case is laIIacioua and deceptive, though
we dare cay it is honestly entertained
and expressed. !
No action of Congress at the present
session has in any manner ~ieoparded or
endangered the principle Of distribution
Of the proceeds Of the Public Lands a
mong the States, to whom they right
fully belong, IL .realIy ieoparded, It
was moi at tho session Of Congress Just
Closed, but when the Distribution Act
was passed containing the restrictive
clause. Endangered at tail il was by
the insertion, 10 the very act recogni.
zing the principle and establishing a
system Of action upon it, of the provis.
ion for its suspension upon acertain con,
%tingency.
The Wings in Congress might, in
deed, by refraluing from laying duties
on imports higher than al the rate of
twenty per cent, upon tho value, have
avoided the contingency upon which the
operations o. tho Land Law is suspended /
But is 1t not enough to justify TO every
patriot heart The course which they bur
sued, to know that, bad they acled diC-
ferenIly, they would have left the
Government iD disgrace, with q bank.
rUpt Treasury and a dlshonored credit:
the products and manufactures of the
country overwhelmed by the food Of
foreign competition the People of every
class who mako their living byNIabor.
now without employ and almost food or
raimanr, ground in tho dust by this last
turn Of the wheel, amidst the ruins Of
tho manufactures The arts and the com
merre, to which they have heretofore
their employment aud subsistenct2
Wore all these elements of individual
prosperity aud national wealth and char.
TO be sacrticed-for what? Yes,
after all that has been said about it, for
whal2 Why, TO redeem The legislation
OF the asst session - of a by gone day
from the reproach Of having apparently
compromised the distribution principle
We say apparently, md we mean what
We say. The act Of last session was
right, proviso and all, since that act
could not have passed without the pro.
vIso, fort established a great principle,
aud that principle stands upon the sta
tule book, unmoved by any thing that
has occurred at this session, to take of.
feet whenever the Executive and Lenis
lutiVo branches of the Government shall
again DO in harmony. |,
Nay, more, by the very course of
events, including the Executive veto on ,
land distribution, the principle ,
Of the existing law has gained so much ,
strength that it is happily now placed ;
The dagger Of repeal the reslric ,
ion which ii contains, and thus put the ,
'ct into immediate operation, (lbough :
defeated by the Presidents refusal to ,
ign lt) passed both Houses of Congress- ,
" greater majoriues than the original ,
containing the restriction. Ill is ,
hus proved that the principle has gain. :
ID strength and power by the trials il !
las undergone, aud may now be consid. ,
red as firmly estabhshed.as the loun- :
Of tho Constitution ilselr-neyer, :
70 trust, to DO broken up till ,
wv rapt in FIRE the realms of eth ,
er GLOW,
Ind Heavens last hundn shakas Tho :