Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-31
Tho Colorado Vote.

We sincerely regret that the President
has considered il his duty to veto the Colo
RADIO bill. There are many reasons which
led US to favor the admission Of that Terri.
tory into the sisterhood Of States-promi.
nent among the number is the Overland
Railway interest. Aside from the merits
Of the veto there is an important political
effect, apparent to the careful observer,
connected with the Presidents action.
When he vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau
and Civil Rights Bill. he did so in direct
c~onfic, with the Radical element Of Con-
gress. The Radical press Of the country
proclaimed with startling headings that
the President had abandoned the party
that placed him in power, and the disloyal
element sans loud hosannas in his praise,
and confidently looked for q fair share OF
the political loaves and fishes. By and
bye, however, the disloyal element dis
| covered that its share Of the loaves INT
fishes did not amount to anything, where
upon Salisbury and Florence publicly
declared they would not assist a President
who did not display any gratitude tow
ards his political friends. God save Pre-.
sident johnson from all such political
friends as Salisbury and Florence.
The President, in vetoing the Colorado
bill, acts with the extreme Radical ele-
ment Of Congress, represented by Wade,
Sumner, Stevens, and others. II is now
time for the disloyal press Of the country
to take up the strain Of condemnation so
recently employed against him. by many
Of the well established Union journals OF
the country.
But a few weeks ago, the President,
in the exercise of the veto power. oper-
a,ed directly agains, the Radical element
of Congress. The other day, in the exer-
else of the same power, he operated with
the Radical element Of Congress. Now,
wha, will the Radical journals have to
say: They cannot well affirm the Presi-
den, vetoed the Colorado bill in order to
prevent the accession of three more Radi-
calls in Congress, while the ultra Radi-
calls themselves voted against the bill. We
believe that Congress and the President
should act together. The interest Of the
country and the people North n South
demand it. We can see neither sense MOI
proprie,y in attempting to force the coun-
try TO an issue between Congress and the
President. Congress has the right to
enact laws-the President has the right,
under the Constitution, to veto them and
Congress has the right to pass them over
the veto, if it it eau so vote. II the peo-
pie object to the exercise Of the veto
power, lie. them amend the Constitution
and abolish the veto system.
II certainly appears, after q careful ex-
animation Of President Johnson's reasons
for his three ve,oes, that he is laboring,
according TO his best judgment, for the
hes, interests of the country. When a bill
is presented for his signature, he does not
ask whether Radical or Conservative votes
secured its passage. We have this proof
before US in his veto messages. He simply
considers whether, in his judgment, the
bill should receive his signature and be-
come a law. and acts accordingly. john
son said when he was inaugurated Presi-
den, Of the United States, 1.-The duties OF
the office are NINE" and we will warrant
the perpetuity of the nation will suffer no
peril in his keeping. Let it be the duty
Of the loyal men Of the nation to do all In
their power to bring Congress and the
President into complete harmonious action,
instead Of striving TO tear down one or
build up the other. by the sacrifice OF
either.-SGt Lake Vedette.