Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-12
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.
The Press on the Passage of the
Civil Rights Hill.

Inc ClVll hlghts Dill mas passed Lhe
House, Notwithstanding the objections
of the Executive" by vote of l22 to
al, and been declared law Of the land.
The question now is asked, of what
avail will be the law with President
hostile TO its execution ? Some impor-
tant portions of it do not directly de-
pend upon the President for enforcement.
The act declares every one born in the
United States citizen of the same, and
entitled TO the rights of federal citizen
ship in all the states. This declaration
will stand without the President, and if
the courts do their duty, will be en-
forced. And we are not prepared to be-
lieve that President Johnson will oppose
the execution of the act in full, now
that 1t has been constitutionally passed.
1t is one thing to interpose his veto at
the proper time, which he has right to
do, and another to obstruct the execu-
ton of what has become the law of the
lanG, which he has no right to do. 1t
would be too much, perhaps, to expect
great zeal of the President in the enforce
ment of the law, but to use his power to
thwart the will of the loyal people, as
expressed in the Civil Rights bill, would
be perilous step which we do not yet
regard the President as disposed to take.
In regard to the pa ssage Of the bill by
thQ Snpata tha 40 No,x-
Evening Post, which has been sup
porter Of the President till quite recently
says -
1--WE cannot bet congratulate the
country on the passing of the bill by the
Senate-the branch Of Congress in which
it stood the greatest danger of being
lost. Those who resist the measure at
Washington can hardly form an idea
Of the universally and energy Of the
feeling by which it is demanded in the
loyal states. The naked and undenia-
BILE truth is, that the public feeling in
that part of the Union has demanded
even more-that the desire has been We
hement and general that the right of
suffrage should be limited by no distinc-
ton of race. But as respects the enioy-
ment Of civil rights by all persons born
in the country-which was one of the
conditions required Of the insurgent
states by Mr.. Lincoln near the close of
his administration, and by Mr. Johnson
at the beginning of his-the public
mind has no patience with those who
deny to the condition so exacted every
proper guaranty and security"
.sl
"Well, it is said, the president will re-
fuse TO enforce the provisions Of this act.
That is possible. But the utility, the
value Of the act will not thereby be des-
troyeG. In the first place, so much of
the act as recognizes every one born in
this country as an American citizen asks
no odds of the president. The courts
will take care of its enforcement. And
then, law stands until it is repealed
while presidents term expires by linn
itation. Let US be patient, and trust
that all will come right, while we do
our best to keep it from going other
wise."
The New York World Of course sees
only treason and revolution in the &C
ton Of the Senate, and after duly scold-
ing that body, turns upon the president
and tells him he might have prevented
all this If heshad helped the democrats
in the recent elections. For instance -
Had he not lent his influence during
che fall canvass to the enemies of his
Union policy in New Jersey, (the chief
Of whom, Fitzpatrick, brainless spout
hn, laI 10
the mission to Chilli, the legislature of
New Jersey would have remained Dem
ocfatic, the legality of Senator stockton's |
election would never have been ques-
TONED, Morrill's pair would never have
been broken, land Senator Dixon's i'll |
ness not being counted ON the contest |
to override the veto would never have
been pushed to this portentous result"
The Boston Post is quite frantic.
Speaking of the scene in the Senate on |
the final passage of the bill, it says:
I'VE do not believe that in such a |
temper SIS this the Union is to be ce- |
mented, the sections are to be taught |
the lesson of charity and forbesrance, |
or the fruits of the war can ever be |
made real through abiding peace. This |
is the frenzy of red revolutionists, whose
heads are spinning already with their
partial success. 1t wolld take but
little to turn all this surcharge of parti-
san spirits into the channel of outright |
tyranny; nothing is easier than to de-
nounce all who hesitate to plunge into
the current as disloyalsts' and trait.
ors,' and then to pursue them with the
uzrelenting punishment which partisan
ship demands. And unless something
occurs to check this rising tide, pow
er will be assumed over the nation by |
those infiels to constitutional liberty
of which we fear nothing short Of revO-
luton will avail to rid Us. We proceed
in this path at our certain peril"
The Boston Journal says:
1.-THE passage Of the Civil Rights bill
by the Senate over the Presidents veto
is a grand, popular and national tri-
umph of the right The House is NOR
ally sure to adopt the same course. The
bill will then become law, with pre-
eisely the sane force and sanctions as if
it had received the signature of the Pres