The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-04-04
TIE SECOND VETO.

lasting gratitude of every true patriot by
another exercise OF the Executive power.
and another effort to prevent the further
oppression and degradation ofthe Southern
States. He has vetoed the +" Civil Rights
Bill"
When John Tyler, to the great astonish-
mcnt and indignation of the party which
elected him, vetoed the y. s. Bank Bib
Mr.. Clay, in order to give him an opportu'
nifty to save himself from party ostracism,
had o bill formed embodyins the same
principles, providing for an institution
which should discard the odious Fame of
Bank" and be called by the modest title
of " Fiscal Corporation" Dir. Tyler, who
did not care to whip the Devil around the
stump, and who cared less for party ortho-
doxey than for the good Of his country, saw
through, the whole scheme, vetoed the
second bill, and was kicked out OF the
Wing party. SO now, the Radicals, who
formed tho ,Freedmen's Bureau Bill, and
whoiwere load in their denunciations OF
the Presidents veto,in order to accumulate
odiem against him among the Black Re
publican masses Of the North, formed a
second bill, not materially different from
the first, with the hope and expectation
that tho President would veto it also. The
Radicals have not been disappointed; nor
have the conservative men ofthe country.
Mr.. johnson, who has the courage OF John
Tyler, and his contempt for popularity
gained at the expense Of his patriotism,
who was raised in the same State-Rights
school of Democracy as the man who voted
solitary and alone against the Force Bill "
of 1892" has vetoed the Civil Rights Bill
as promptly as Mr.. Tyler vetoed the Fiscal
Corporation. At this moment the enc
mics of the South are gnashing their teeth,
and the conservative men of both sections
rejoicing over the suspicious event.
What will be the fate of the veto we are
unable to say at the present writing. Mr..
Dixon, one of the Presidents supporters, is
ct the point Of death, but if the rest remain
firm the bill cannot be passed over the
veto. That they will remain firm we have
not the slightest doubt. For, ever since
their vote to sustain the President, they
have been the subject of anathemas at the
hands Of Radical editors and Radical
stump-speakers from one end of the coun
try to the other. Personal abuse not being
: q very successful engine of Cancellation, we
may we'll imagine that these Senators have
been confirmed in their original intention
and that they will continue to cooperate
with the President in his noble efforts to
avert the madness Of the Federal Con
gress. vi
From the imperfect report Of the vett
message we are unable to CLEAN with any
certainty the provisions of the bill, copy
of which we have never seen. Suffice it tt
say that its object was to whitewash thu
negro to q degree Of brilliancy which SHOULD
eclipse the complexion of the white man
And in order to accomplish this the Con
stitution Of the United States was to b
trodden under foot, all state lines oblite,
ated, the rights of the States ignored, an,
grand consolidated, central government
erected on the ruins of the Federated Re
public which was handed down to us b
the founders of our Union. If the bill
should become law there would be NJ
necessity for separate state governments
for these governments would be powerles
before the force of the Federal government
which would assume the power to amt
their acts, 1t would be use 'ess for a stat
, to attempt to define the qualifications an
rights of its citizens; for an act of Cor
gress enfranchises those who might happe
to be DISTINGUISHED, and the officers of tb
Federal government would be at hand t
execute its acts. 1t would be useless t
r put upon the negro the seal of inequalit,
. as is done in most of the States of til
: North; for an act Of Congress says that
is the equal of the white man, and Conpre.
has the power to enforce its peculiar OPT,
ions, on the subject. If, therefore, IL
: President should be sustained, it is ilnpo
3 sible to over-estimate the value to Ii
: South of the veto message recently sent
him to the Senate Of the United States,
9 Whether Mr.. johnson will share the ia,
OF John Tyler and lose caste with his part
because Of his patriotism, remains to |
L seen, and is matter of very little cons
r quence. The Tyler Administration wit
ont party shines in history as brilliant
as any that was ever sustained by major
i tyofboth Houses of Congress. If, in til
. the, crisis Of the Republic, Mr. Johns,
= should succeed in arresting the incendia
measures which threaten to destroy the
situations of our fathers, he can we'll affor
e even without aparty, to treat with co
g tempt the pack Of Radical sleuth houn
{ that have been put on his track, and pc
tority will award him the need of praise
: his courage, his tlrmness and his patrie
:, ism. -'ss-l at'a sala z s!slla 3s
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" ssa- The intelligent correspondent 4
:. the Commercial has just returned HON
y after a sojeurn Of eight months ia theG,