Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-04
UALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING
NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EX-
ECUTED AT THE EVENING STAR
OFFICE.
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS

The Intelligeneer, of course, laments
she veto, saying:
Tho regular readers Of this journal are too
we'll acquainted with our sentiments in regard
to this bill to need any expression of our deem
regret that the Chief Magistrate should have
felt himself under the necessity of giving to it
ms official interdict Nor is our surprise less
than our regret. The public lands have been
bestowed by law On so many objects of human
Ity, education, and public Improvement that
when this most benefcent measure of all-not
local or partial. but general in its application
giving TO the states for sacred purpose to
winch their Individual resources are made
quate only portion of that which is their
Own-a measure which had received the sane
ton OF one branch or the other Of sue .essive
Congresses, and now the concurrent sanction
OF both-we confess that we were not prepared
to sec it receive its quietus from the applica-
hon OF the Tribunition power of the veto"
The Union, on the other hand, is de-
lighted with the veto, saying:
"This document is characterized bv the
clearness and directness which distinguish all
the official papers prepared by him He states
his opinions with fearlessness and elouuence.
aud We have every confidence that the jude-
msnt OF his countrymen will fully sustain his
conclusions BE plants himself upon the doc
trines which have ever been maintained by
the democratic party and he argues them With
that tone of confidence in their soundness
which will carry conviction amongst the peo.
pie But we have neither the time nor the
space to indulge in comments at present We
shall be found ardently sustaining the prinei
pies laid down, and we have no fears but that
We shall be able to sustain them triumpha ntly
against all assaults"
Commenting on the veto, the Sentinel
says:
We understand the message as being hos
tile to distribution of the public lands. We
understand it as being hostile to the idea of
giving away the public lands without money
and without price. Therefore we approve and
VIII sustain the message, unless we have rea
son 10 oeLeye that our view Of its purport and
committais Is incorrect We received the doc
ument at late hour last evening, and what
we have said of it has been said under a press
OF time and after a rapid but earnest reading
of it, ''"A'ns
The Sentinel also discusses the position
of the National Democrats towards the
Nebraska bill, exposing most Justly and
clearly the turpitude of the attitude which
the New Hampshire Reporter and New
York National Democrat call on them to
assume, saying:
We have too high an opinion Of those who
are known by the proud title of national dem
ocIats TO believe that they can mediate such
tnins We have been pressed and persecu-
yea as tney have been pressed and prosecuted,
out we would sever our arms from our body
before we would permit our course in reference
TO great measure of public necessity to be
governed by personal resentments or consid
erations of gain The country will abandon
any party, no matter what its professions, tha,
makes selfish and sordid ends, rather than
honest principles, the rule Of its conduct. No
such party would deserve the respect and con-
ddence Of the democracy; and we do net be-
heVe that those whom we have been accustom.
ed to look upon as the true men of the North
can De driven by prosecutions, hurried by pas
SION, or seduced by gain, to pursue the course
indicated by the Reporter