The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-07
THE vETO---THE ASHLAND
TIMES,

~ 49,
The editor Of the Ashland Times, Ids
u%nion) has spurred up his courage and
defined his position. He has buddy and
uuequivocally taken his stand against
President Johnson and the restoration
Of the Union. lie charges the President
with Inconsistency in vetOing the Negroes
Bureau Bill-which was nothing more nor
less than an act to establish a great Ma
tianal Poorhouse for the benefit OF indo'
lent Negroes,-and claims that this inla
nous measure was. not only just but Con,
stitutional We quote
n"Tho principal objection that the Pres
ident urges against the bill is, that it is
unconstitutional. This may be the case,
but WE have been unable to discover It,"
Louis JEFFERSON SPRENaLE, editor
Of the Ashland Times, agent for several
Insurance Companies, a learned and pro.
found statesman, dealer in Sewing Ma
chimes, a retired "traficker in human be-
ipgs," and a Spectator in land. warrants,
with all the power of his gigantic intel
lect, is "uDabls to discover" the unconsti.
nationality of tho Negroes Bureau Bill !
Stupendous stupidity! There is not q
feature Of the Constitution that it does not
su5vert there is nothing in the great
Bill Of Rights which it docs not over
throw.
The President did not return the bill
on account of any trifiug objections to
its details, but because it was essential y
Unconstitutional, unnecessary, impol tic,
dangerous to tile liberties of the people,
r%uinous to the Negro, aud unjust to the
people Of tie South.
No act OF the President has grItifed
us so much. None has given us so much
confidence in his patri otism aud integri.
ty. None has inclined us to trust SC
hopefully to his wisdom and his states
mauship to guide the country safely
through the dangers with whichIthc mad
ness Of the Radicals still SURF ound it. Al
one bound he has risen to the height o.
the great opportunity, apd demonstrated
his devotion to the Constitution and thu
great principles Of our Government.
We did mot expect that the editor. OIL
the Times, who endorses the course O.
such disunionists as Stevens, Sumner
Welker & Co., would sustain the Prcsi
dent in his efforts 70 maintain the Consti,
tuition and restore The Federal Union
but he can rely with safety upon thu
masses Of the pc ple for support, and he
will triumph beyond u peradventure.-
The good and the true men Of The couu
try are with him. They rely npOn hi
known courage aud frmness in the right
his stubborn adhesion to principle, and
therefore, while the storm Of faDaticisn
is sweeping around the citidsl of the ma
sivn, they have au abiding hope for the
future. HisIstatesman like positions ma,
be asailed, his motives, even, may be i'm
pugnej, his measures may be voted dow
in Congress, and his plans defeated, bu
not forever.
Ours is a white mans Government
1t was won originally by the valor 0
white men, and for white men as show
upon the face Of the Constitution itsell
1t has been administered for three quar-
tiers of a century by white min ; in gu
late conflict with rebellion, it was save,
by white men, and we may add. it vii
be controlled by them in the future,
co n,rollod at all. On this platform lie
President johnson firmly stand, and tn
Amcricanapeople, despite the opposition
of the traitors ia Congress, the Ashlau,
Times and other dlsuuiOu sheets, wi
triuWphantly sustain him.