Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-26
THE PRESIDENTS VETO MESSAGE.
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rFrOm The paytop journal, Rep1

From the Chicago Republican, Rep
Thus the responsibility for the breach
rests upon the President alone. sNo man can
say that he has been provoked into it by any
indiscretion or unkindness on the part of
Congress. The majority in that body has
acted with as much dignity as forbearance.
The Union party has not withdrawn from
the President, but he has broken off his
connection with the party. He has left his
home and his friends. He has fallen out of
the ranks. He has deserted the flag. Where
he has gone may be understood from the
joy of every Copperhead, a joy as sincere
and heartfelt as the exultation Of Lucifer
over q deed of atrocious sin.
fFrom the Missouri Democrat, Rep.
The country is relieved. Andrew John
son has defined his position. The cherished
illusion that he had defined it, in accepting
the Union nomination at Baltimore, he has
graciously dispelled, a Ia John Tyler. With
~protoundest regret, we find President John
son standing fully and squarely, for every
practical purpose, on the platform of the
Copperhead party.
The veto message fell upon the public ear
like the thunder Of the first gun directed
against Fort Sumter. 1t will Arouse the
loyal masses everywhere, as it has already
rejoiced the Copperheads.
lhlOm the flttsDurBn OOmmcrclal, hep.l
Wherein chiefly we cannot approve of the
policy of President johnson, is in regard
to his course and the tenaeity of purpose
he has shown, in adhering to his policy
touching the Southern States. However
prudent that policy was at one time, it
has been shown to be unwise, in view of
the growth in ~disloyalty ali through the
South. 1t is said that General Grant has
materially changed his opinion as to the
fitness of the Southern States for further
progress in reconstruction. In view Of the
Presidents tenacity to adhere TO his policy
under this condition of things, we ave
come to share the alarm ofthe whole North,
which, while it earnestly desires to see all
the States in their old places, is convinced
that it would be madness to restore them
when SO many evidences of untamed trea-
son are TO be perceived on almost every
hand.
From the Salem Republican, Rep.l
The copperheads seem to be in great glee
over the veto. Union men regard the di-
lemma as exceedingly unfortunate.
From the Fremont Journal, Rep.1
As a journalist, it is our duty to record the
fact that a large majority of Congress, the
loyal State Legislatures, and the Union
Press, are decidedly opposed to the policy
dnAVunSCu III SuAo NclO message, dllDDugn
some of the grounds taken thereon are not
generally objected to. Suffice it to say, that
the cniet difference, after all, seems to be
oil q total plan of Reconstruction. The
Presidents plan, as Swallowed forth in the
Veto Message, embraces the immediate and
unconditiona al admission of the late rebols,
If we need TO use the qualifying adjective,)
to perfect political fellowship in the Union.
Of course the contamination of this policy
would give the rebels with their increased
representation by reason of the abolition
Of slavery, assisted by a few copperhead
allies,) complete control of the Govern
ment. When that event occurs, we shall
be in precisely the condition in which we
would have been had the rebellion sue
ceeded and JEFF. Davis been President of the
Confederacy, enlarged to include the sub
jugated North.
tFrOm the Wooster Republican, Rep
The President admits that the object aim
ed at in the bill is unobjectionable, nay,
strongly to be desired, but he thinks the bill
does not furnish the best method of reach
ing the desired object. There is therefore
no substantial difference between the Presi-
dent and Congress, as to the good to be ac-
complished, but only a difference as to the
best mode Of reaching the desired enc.
From the Warren Chronicle, Rep.l
President johnson has vetoed the Freed
mems Bureau Bill! COpperheads and reb-
els are in ecstaey. Goodbye, Andy and
may the Lord have mercy on you'll
From the New Lisbon Buckeye State, Rep
This action Of the President, in counter
acting the FIRST measure matured by the
Congress, for the Reconstruction Of the
rebel States, has caused intense excitement
all over the country, and gives well found
ed apprehensions for the future. We have
only time to say, that in our opinion, the
veto has been recklessly abused.
IFrom the New York Post, Rep.l
The President states his objections to the
new Freedmen's Bureau bill with so much
dignity, and at the same time with So much
force Of conviction, that they will command,
we trust, the careful consideration of Con-
gress. These objections are substantially
the same as were urged in this journal at
the time the bill was first presented to the
Senate, but they are urged more at length,
with more elaboration, and with a fuller
understanding of The subject.
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Rep
Although we had been in a degree pre-
pared, by the previous utterances of the
President, to expect that he would in due
time interpose his CONSTITUTE jnal check up
OA Nv NAbANAAC Va We
were hardly the less pleased at the tidings
which came to us by telegraph yesterday.
that he had sent. to the Senate his veto of
thd Freedmen's Bureau Bill.
Iron the Hartford Post, Rep.1
1.-THE Southern States were in tranquil con-
dition; if free labor was as popular in South
Carolina as in Massachusetts,; if the rights
of humanity were as much respected south
of the Potomac and Ohio as north Of them
if there had been no slavery, no rebellion,
war and no victory; if the constitution
had been respected and obeyed by Southern
men; President Johnson's veto would have
been wise, just and reasonable. One can
see, in the exultation of the Demo
here, the probable effect upon the
Southern mind. 1t is to be regretted that
the President could not nave effected his
without, at any rate, e~liciting the
cheers Of the enemies of that party which
him.
[From the Albany Argus, Dem.l
The blow he has struck the MONSTER
is as fatal as that which the trenchant
sword of jackson levelled at the United
States Bank. The creature may lift its
voice, may writhe its MANNED body in fear
full contortions, but these are the signs of
its death struggle. Ithas received its lethal
/
From the Rochester Union, Dsm.l
Andrew johnson, defender Of the Con-
s~titution and protector of the rights, and
of the people under the organic
law, all hoill
From the New York News, Dem.
The long-wished fos hour has come that
Mr.. johnson into the glorious po-
Of defender of tn Constitution.
Mr.. johnson has approved himself the
man of men for the emergency. He has
laid the cornerstone of a temple of fame
for himself, upon which history shall in
scribe his name in eternal characters.
From the Buffalo Courier, Den.1
There are but two classes of men in
to-day-those who sustain the
principles of Washington and johnson, and
-hoss who repudiate them-Unionists and
Disunionists. Andrew Johnson leeds the
Democratic Unionists; Sumner and Stevens
he Radical Disunionists. The dead past
should be suffered to bury its dead.