The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-05
The Northern Papers on the Veto
Message.

Message.
Ihe 3wo vetoes of the President
the hist of the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill, the last of the Civil Rights Bill
may be regarded MS marking an
epoch in American politics which
presages and, indeed, necessitates o.
thorough change in party organiza-
tlons and relations. We have already
expressed our views on the veto mes
sage OF the President, and present
below some extracts from leading New
York journals in regard to it. The
World Oemocrat) says:
BY this wise and able message. Pre-
sldent johnson has established q new
claim to public confidence. He has
shown himself, thus far, statesman
OF singular independence, self-reli-
ance and political courage.
The veto is n conclusive
demonstration Of what was apparent
before-that the conflict between the
President, and Congress admits of
neither compromise nor reconcilia-
tlon, and that the controversy can be
decided only by an appeal to their
commonsuperiol@, the sovereign peo-
pie. fr
The Times (Republican) says:
The message of the President an
nounclng his veto of the civil rights
bill, which we publish in full in other
columns, may not command universal
assent. But we venture to think that
few State papers have ever been given
to the world that will so thoroughly
compel the attention of thinking men
OF whatever creed, or kindred, Or
party. !
\ & It may be hoped that argyll
ments so eogent as those employed in
the message will not be thrown away.
1t is not every day that members have
all opportunity of listening to reason
and common sense. They may find
this appeal y seasonable and accept
able change. Be that rs it may, the
Presidents message will be read and
studied outside Of Congress, and
everywhere throughout the civilized
world; and wherever it is read and
studied, the American name and cha
racter will be elevated, in so far us
Andrew johnson is held to represent
the American people.
The Herald, which endeavois to
represent both parties, says:
The veto of the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill was but the distant thunder an
nouncing the approaching storm.
This veto is the storm itself, and when
it shall have passed away, we shall
have q purer political sky and Il bet
ter atmosphere But before that
happy change, the radical majorities
of Congress will be swept away, and
all the thlrty-six States of the Union
will be invited into both Houses under
the successful restoration policy of
Andrew johnson.
We dare say that this civil rights
bill against the Presidents objections
will share the fate of the Freedmen's
Bureau; but, in any event, it is de-
claratlon of war against the radicals
and their impracticable schemes, and
Andrew johnson, as in the rebellion,
is the man to fight it through on his
platform of the Union and the Con
stitution.
The Ne,cs says:
The President has strengthened his
position lmmeasurably by his veto of
the odious and unconstitutional civil
rights bill. OF course, it will intensi-
fy the radical hostility toward him,
but that may be considered as point |
gained. There was no possibility of
any compromise between the Execu-
tive and the revolutionists in Con-
gress compatible with his dignity
and the interests of the country; and
the more open and decided the an
tagonisn between two such powers,
the sooner will the issue be deter
mined. The masses will hail with de-
light the evidence of their Chief Ma
gistrate's firmness in combating the
schemes of an ince1idiary faction. 1t
is only by resolnte exercise Of the
Executive authority that this unnatu-
raj contest between the two most po-
tent influences in the political sphere
can be brought to an end.
The New York Commercial Alye,.-
User (Republican) endorses the mes
sage. 1t says:
His reasoning is cogent, and must
be satisfactory to all who respect the
limitations of the Constitution or
Federal power-who desire economy
of administration. and who co,ractlv