The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-02-28

eloquent speech in review of the veto:
| That the bill itself was inspired by
the annual message of the President Of
the United States, delivered TO Congress
at the commencement Of the present ses-
sion' That message, it will be rcmcm-
bered, expressed desire upon the part oi
the President to secure all men in cir
rights, and to protect the freedmen in all
the privileges guaranteed to them under
the Emancipation Proclamation and, in
the judgment Of Mr. Tlumbull and thirty
sir Senators rho rotcd ,riH him t6r II IN
tic 25M Of JdaUmy the provisions Of this
bin were cminently calculated to accom-
plish these objects.
IL That it was not, as the President
AYERS, an original measure, but simply an
amendment to the bill under which the
Frecdmcn's Bureau is now actn., aud
which has the sanction of the Executive
himself as we'll as the approval of the
great majority Of the loyal people of the
country As an amendment it removes
many Of the Objectionable features Of the
Bureau as now organized simplifying its
ramifcalions and making it more ellci.
cnt.
III. That it was not intended as n per-
manent part OF the administrative policy
Of the Governmcnt-onc Of the sections
expressly stating on the contrary, that 1t
shall remain in force until otherwise pro-
vidcd for by law, just as all other laws of
Congress are supposed to do, The won
der is that the President ever thought of
making such an objection to it as this.
No such idea ever entered the mind of
any person who supported and voted for
it.
". That, instead of being an unncocs-
sary expense to the Government it has
indirectly saved us millions of dollars
which would otherwise have boon wasted.
V. That the Bureau did not contem-
plate feeding, clothing and educating tho
refugees and freedmen, but was rather in
tended to assist theq in doing these things
for them selves.
VI. That. instead of being designed
exclusively for negroes, more whites have
in some sections and in many instances,
been benefited by 1t than the blacks, and
that the proportion Of whites still needing
its assistance is equal to that of the ne
groes.
VII Th,+ ,horo ,,,,s ~, Immediate
roooes;,,, ron ,I'a ,,s,o,,, ~ ,La IN, ~,
on,,so H., ,,,.;,,;,,. 49,, H., p.,...
ovn;ros hy i; m;t.,;on ~ ,Eo Month %
Nrv 1sGf WV '''O "
VII Tbo+ ;nstooJ IF os4olI;sb;n,,
n,;I;t,r,, ;,r;sIi'.,;on onor III ,ar,s of ,ho
Irr;tod S,,,os oo,..;u;,a, f., naJ
fronIo.oa :. s;n,n', ,.toI, &C., 49,.
officers and cmnIovrs Of the bnreon And
tb.t - oooo,Jnroo III, ,lo ,,,,,o,,,,,o,,,l,,
finn of Con Grant in L;s ronort ,n tho
President nf b;s tn,r thro,o,, ,ho Sn,,I,
transmitted ,o tb, senate w;,h = nos.a,o
few weeks aco Il matcs rho Rnro,n a
mort of ,ha W. danan,,,o,, of ,La 49,.
ernmont - wv
X That tho b;lI d;5 ,ot co,,or,J,to
tLo o,,o;,,,,,o,, % ,.,o,,,, .,,l a,La, "a,
cors IN oyorv cn,n,v ~. nsr;.h ovo.r, ,ho
pros;Jont sIo,lJ I, ~, ;,,l,ro,.,,,, J,a,,,
s,.b onn,in,,,o,,, ,,o,.os..,.,,
Y 'rhot wh,t tho pros;I,nt farms ,ho
,ncons,;tn,ionoI c,a,nros n ,ho I'm oa,,
Gorr;ro or,;,r,r,, ro,,.or, ,,,,on Aha III.
of tho Rnrear cn ,o r,r,hor than tho
President himself and tho officer. of ,h,
army actipg undcr him b,vc .lro,dv como
and that II ;s cop,naton, f,r Cornr7,.- ~
nrovide all rnlos and roonI,t;ons E,r Tho
Government of tho ,y,nv ,rl navy IN
which MI arc snbioct Gyon, fla, C,,,n,nrd
erin. Chief to tLc bnmhl,.t soldier mr.
sailor.
NL That if tbe Rebellion i ot an
end tbe President i IN ox.rc;.;n"
the war mower snch rs tn, .nsnnn.;nn Of
tho writ of b,ho,s o,,n,. co,,r,r,, =, ,lo
Consultation which ox,ras.lv .to,.s ,l,,t
this sholl only ne s,snondad in t;me of ~.
vos;on or rehellior and ~ ~, L,y,, mn
;nvos nm and the writ is p,t in oncr,,;nn
in n norton of ,hc Stntrs we mn.t b,yc
rebellion.
XII. That, according to the census of
1860. there were not four million of slaves
in the United States, and that instead OF
this being a measure to feed. clo,hc. and
report OF Gen, Howard shows that at no
time was there more than one hundred
and forty. Spyon thouSnnd DprSOnS unlpr