The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-24
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Arrival Of the Steamship Ajax"
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The steamship .4jar, Capt, Godfrey. arrived at
her wharf at III A. n. Sunday, the 18th. having
been telegraphed at 10I o'clock.
She left San Francisco at 4 p. NJ. of the 18th, thus
making the run in about 10 days and 20 hours.
She brings the New York mail of February 1lth,
and London papers to January 9th.
The great topic of interest in the Eastern States is
the rupture between the President and Congress,
the particulars of which will be found on our fourth
page. 1t has caused great excitement throughout
the whole North. The following will show the state
of public feeling
The Press on the Veto.
CHICAGO, February 27th.-The loyal press of the
entire country is very unanimous and very emphatic
in its deuUuciatlOuS OF the course which Andrew
johnson has taken.
The Cincinnati Ga1ette says Not excepting the
speech made by Johnson on the occasion of his IN
augural, it Is the most disgraceful utterance of any
on record, and we presume there is no high minded
man in the United States who does not feel ashamed
Of the performance.
The New York Tunes takes a different course. 1t
ommends the President, and says If 1t were pos
sible at the present time 10 find an intelligent OBJ
server, unbiased either way by contending partisans,
he would be constrained to bear testimony to the
forbearance, moderate and consistent devotion to the
Constitution of the Union by which President An
drew Johnson has been distinguished from the hrst
moment of his elevation to power. In an especial
manner have these qualities been displayed since the
commencement OF the present session OF congress
The Tribune has the following on the Presidents
veto: The country ought to be informed in relation
to the Freedmen's Bureau bill, which the President
vetoed; that the bill, before it passed the Senate
perhaps, we might add, before it was introduced In
Congress-was perused by the President, and re-
ceived his appreciation. 1t was shaped and worded
partly to meet his views. and it was well understood
by the friends of the bill that he had expressed his
sanction and friendship for it.
WHEELING, Va, February do hundred
guns were fired in honor OF the Presidents veto
Rival meetings are in session, to indorse the Presi-
dent, and another to indorse Congress.
Chicago, February 25th. - Legislatures Of
Iowa and Missouri adopted resolutions sustaining
Congress and denouncing the President.
Democratic meetings to ratify the veto OF the
President are being very generally held. The Re
publican editors in Illinois, in their Annual Conven-
ton at Peoria, the 24th, voted unanimously to sus-
tain Congress.
The Utica HeraH (Radica) says The President
has disappointed the loyal sentiment of the country.
From every man whose hands are red with blood,
from every rebel and every sympathizer with rebel
lion, will 60 up publications.
The Pittsburgh Commercial says IF the President
has a sincere friend, and that friend is himself sound
in head and heart, he will not fail, without loss Of
time and without cOncealment, to tell him plainly
that persistence in the path he has taken must lead
to a fatal enlargement. The President Is not wise
no friend of his can lay claim to sagaclty or Wis
dom if he supposes Congress does not truly represent
the fixed and unalterable will of the people.
CHICAGO, February 27th.-The following are the
expressions of leading papers on the Presidential
imbroglio
The New York Tribune says The President is
really possessed with the idea of being in danger OF
assassination. which is disturbing his brain very
considerably. 1t is looked upon as so supremely
childish, as to modify the i'll temper which the
otherwise hysteric remarks Of the President would
have excited.
The Chicago Republican says: The President may
dismiss his fears. He has passed the point of dan
ger. The only men capable Of such deeds he can
number hereafter among his friends.
New YORK, March 2f-The Times Washington
special dispatch says the President is fully sustained
by the Cabinet, and there will be no disruption.
In the Massachusetts House of Representatives,
several resolutions were introduced regrettinG the act
of the President in vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, and asserting the duty of the President to give
the negroes that protection for which the nations
honor stands pledged. The resolutions were referred
The House refused to receive a resolution thanking
the President for his veto message. by a vote Of ct
to Is.
Governor Dennison and the President are in re
ceipt daily Of kilograms and letters from variou.
points, assuring that the President will be sustained
Upon the other side, the Republican members arr
receiving appeals to stand out for their rights, anC
not allow men with the crime Of treason confessed, Il
sit upon their own cases.
The Wisconsin Legislature passed the following
Resoirei, That while we remember with gratitude
the noble and devoted patriotism manifested by
President Johnson during the dark days OF the re
beliion, We should be guilty Of deceivinG him am
misrepresenting our constituents If we failed 10 de
clare that his message vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, in lis general tone and spirit. has caused pair
and disl appointment amoGg his true friends an,
supporters, and has been hailed with exuberant j..
by every man whose sympathies were with the re
bellion and who was cold and Indifferent when trea,
son threatened the life Of the Republic.