Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-09-21

by express provisions Art. l, Sec. u rem
ders it absolutely impossible that the
President should have engaged in such a
plot, or have had such a motive to avoid
the veto. 1t renders it impossible for the
President to be in plot to defeat the bill,
by staving it off to the end of the session,
because that could not defeat it. All
that the majority had to do to make this
vital" bill law, in spite of the Presi-
dents plot, was not to adjourn for ten
days after they did get it passed, lin spite
of his staving Off and then the bill
would have been law without the Pres
ident's approval. And this would have
occurred if, as these gentlemen charge,
the President was too timid to take the
constitutional responsibility of veto.
He must in ten days veto the bill or it is
law, Congress being in session. 1t was
therefore utterly vain and idle to plot to
defeat the bill by staving off, because the
same majority that passed the bill could
make it law by refusing to adjourn, not
withstanding the President would not
take the responsibility to veto it. So, al
so, the President could not have had the
imputed motive of fear to take the re-
sponsibility, because he knew that the
majority could compel him either to veto
the bill in ten days, or let it pass into a
law, and that this could be done by a
bare msjority's continuing the session.
TIE PRESIDENTS oIIGARcHIEs. ..
The States of Louisiana and Arkansas,
as they present themselves, asking seats
in Congress, were men "crestures" ofthe
Presidents "oligarchies imposed on the
people" by military orders, urged on"
by private letters from the President.
who holds the electoral votes of the reb-
ell States at the dictation of his personal
ambition" Such is the substance of
their charges, and such the imputatIOn.
again, of wicked motive! How startling
they arel How impregnable should the
foundations be on which they rest before
they are madel Let us look at their
foundation. And to do this, we must
keep in mind that the effect of the charge
is, that thePresident arrogates to himself
the right to set up and recognize States,
which are his creatures" and which
can not exist day without his will, 3"
and which Creatures" have electoral
votes, held "at the dictation of his per-
sonal ambition" And that tine Presi-
dent does this to the exclusion of the
power OF Congress to determine what
power is ''State" in given district or
territory. Now this charge that the Pres
ident claims such power to set up and rec
ognize States, is wholly unfounded and
unjust. .a-3 - -..--. --4 =
This bill, which the President did not
sign, in express words, in at least twenty
Ave places, recognizes every one OF the
rebel States as still in existence as States,
and as being in the Union in such sense
as to distinguish them from mere terri
tories; as States whose governments have
been temporarily oyerthrown, and whose
loyal people have right, in sOmesoay, to
establish loyal republican governments,
and TO elect and send members to Con.
gress- The bill not only recognizes these
Southern States as being still States, but
recognizes them as still having counties,
townships, boundaries, capitals, tax-iaws,
and other laws, and loyal citizens. The
Protest also recognizes them as being stu
States. and not Territories merely; be-
cause the Protest admits that slavery IL
these districts can not be prohibited Of
abolished by act of Congress. This mus
be, and the Protest expressly says it is
because these districts are States, and no
Territories; for the authors of this papeI
have too often assepted to the power o
Congress to abolish slavery in a territory
now to deny it. The protestants cal
these States, and say only a law of thes'
States, or an amendment to the Consti
tuition, can abolish the institution o
slavery in them. aiiit --Hi 2. %
1t is selfevident, therefore, that th'
question between these gentlemen an'
the President, is not whether the PREF
dent or Congress has a right to sc
up, admit or recognize State, becaus
all these States are recognized by this bill
and this Protest, as existing, with capt.
ais, boundaries, laws, citizens, DC, am
only lacking the reorganization of 10y
al government in them, to entitle then
to all the rights and representations o
States. What is the difference betweel
these men and the PRESIDENT Plainly
it is whether it is wise to shut up thes
loyal citizens of these existing States, b,
act of Congress, to one way, and that thi
bills way, of ofre-organizing their State gov
ernment, and becoming again represent
ed in Congress and in the Electoral Col
lace. The President thinks it not wis
thus to shut up these citizens OF State
to one way, and SO thinking, in the exei
oiss of q sworn and solemn constitution
al duty, he omits to sign the bill; AM
for SO thinking, he has become all thes
men call him. But the paper accuse
the President of averring his purpose t
set up governments in defiance OF tn
Judgment" Of Congress, according to hi
way. Certainly, nothing could be gros'
er outrage upon the just construction
. words than this. What the Presiden
says is, that 81 am fully satisfied with tn
plan as one very proper for the loyal PEI
pie of any State choosing to sdopt j
and that /, at all times, shall be prepare
to give executive aid and assistance
any such people, &c, and that militai
governors will be appointed, with dire
tions to proceed according to the bil
when the "loyal people of State" hay