Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-23
Rev. Henry Ward Beecsler on gsecOm,zfr r,e-
Ei0n-EEe sslstaina The Veto.

There was in Congress bill for me- re efficient or
ganizati2n Of Of it. All mems hearts lave been to-day
excited by the tdings that it has oecn vetoed by the
President LIis5es.4 | rry that he felt It his
duty to veto Il, ant 9a eorry that the BIZ ,rns so
Veo l'. But mark thiSis not yatoin the bureau but
oniy Particular togm of bureau that the bill con
-d. - UoeS nor commit the President against any
throughout the South. We know, on the other hand
tha6 he Is IN favor OF such bureau confess that
reading his message it has left profound impression
upon my mind that he urges most serious and weighty
reasons why in the form in which before him.
II should not at present become the law of the land
but believe that am sure that no man in the land
Is more in favor of efficient legislation for the black
un1ed applause, and a few misses.
They are to be protected, but they are not to ba
protected at the expense of the Constitution but by
its integrity No grade in the United States is more
in need Of having that immortal instrument main
tanned than the recently enslaved bat eunancpa-
ted black man. There are men who speak only Of
freedmen who are worked by their sympathy and by
their generous sentiments SO not well to consider
that while they legslatng to save the freedmen
IL may oe at the expense OF those laws and those in
sruments IN which hiS very safety resides and if they
sle carL!eu past the point OF moderation, Il IS well
mat they should be brought to reconsideration.
These rights to be secured, thirdly by the great
laws OF selfnterest and confess that look chiefly
70 tne great natural laws OF GOD IN human ataiTs~
not that there Is no work for legislation, work for
voluntary Christian charity and munifcence, but that
as man IS made these great laws of political economy
the great law of labor and supply and demand II ot
works uneonsoIously, that make men work willirgIy
sht leacnes them justice through the portal Of SCI
tshness these laws are likely to compose tne best
basis between the late master and late slavr,
But the rights Of the freedmen could rof bn hotter
secured than by the contentment an, DrOsperitv Of
the Southern States. 1t is mPossjl le that the black
could fail to suffer from the nisE,rtnre of their
late masters. have thus Civ en- nv views succnctly
and they relate to the bceks [ have spoken as q
private citizen, as neither Conservative nor Radical
Let me neHs consiGer the question of the States and
condition Of tho South. 1 hold that the Southern
Httes ought 90 be reinstated possible con-
saseiE VII Tue puolc Interest," some delay Is neces-
saiy, but 1t IS an evil nevertheless. QuicknesS is q
thing to be desired, and delay thing to be depreca
ted 1t may not be right to do it to-day, it may not
pc pest 10 40 II To- morrow or next week. but the OBJ
lgatiGG the necessity delay is just so far an evil
hold that IS BETTER if could do it. that these
states should be brought in tomorrow Allow me to
say that caunot go either with the President nor
Congress; He would bring them all in at once: they
mean TO keep them all out at once | would let in =
part and let the rest wait and how they liked it,
There is, no doubt, great stumbling on this poirt
1t Is said If we let in Tennessee that principle will
let IN all the rest. like to found tb sir an
tons on good principles; but there is such thing se
idolatry Of principle would let in Ter oesSeo Al
ALBANIA, and Georgia, and then when So,1tb CarGline
Well, just because think Tenne see Alabama and
best outside E for 9sf me 9 at 5fG lion and you will do
sense on TINS point worl I'd be very advantageous
put put II Is SAD we mast keep the States out till we
nave guarantees "a regard to the freedmen, to slave
~, 10 Ihe p@yment of the national debt to secession
5u0 @ Ie eliOn. Well as to secession and rebellion
dor think that there is much probability that the
south will again go these points. AS to the
freedmen, is not the Constitution guaranty for
them? Is not the natural law oflabOr in the regen
As to the public debt, the guaranty for that is the
fact that the interests of all the banks in the Union
credit.
We have ample guarantees on every point for the
good conduct of the South. Besides it is necessar,
that we should establish local sef-government ali
through the land. hold it to be dangerous to nave
power centralized. think the most extraor rdinary
hng OF the present time is this: Congress putting
bill full of additional powers into the Presidents
| hands, making him stronger than any crowned
monarch this side of Russia and tae President say
makes me strong" What If We had had the Presi-
dent that had sat there before cur maryred Lincon2
Would he have vetoed it because there too much
power? What if We had the President before him?
! Would he have been thus honest? He may ba
mistaken in his judgments bvs I am greatly mis-
take9 ny judgment a. 01eH q since the earliest
and best days Of our Presidency there has been man.
| there loho lcas honest, siagZe-miada9
and loho, ,obo bias Of purity, and ,oitkout bias of
anp Kind has thus eRdeagored to do that lohieI h.
thought 10 be for the best interests of the co3ntTf
| he ichole country. Loud and long continued an
! pause, mingled with few Kisses. l hold that X
would be a bad sign, however, ii ne sbOud mass
without criticism, or his papers without review t
is dangerous to have any man who is not amenable
70 tne judgment OF the whGie country, and President
Ionspn as fnueh as any man. and more because he is
IN place OF more importance than any other; bur
@ne you use yo9r cul5e18 liberty Of speech and Of
JWagmeH 40 tot forget that you have able states
mar and an honest man in the chair of the chief
magistrate. LAppause.l think there ought to be-
sfeat jealousy OF a2eumulang power at the centre,
A gossiping New York correspondent savs
that one evening last week a wedding toe n nIooo
the family of an eminent citizen. Amc. .og tbe bri5aI
presents was a most elegant set of dic cn,ond cor -
While the wedding guests were examining the gifts
these earrings we're sudden ~ missed. 1t was soon
ascertained that only t.So carriages had left the
house 1t was thou that one of the parties occ,
pying them must have been guilty Of the tbcft or
such proved to be the case A lady of high social
position stole the earrings. The affair was busbed
up, and is known to only a few.
-Ihe President has just removed, in the
Coyington (Ky9 district, the Postmaster, Collector
ana Assessor of Internal Revenue all of whom were
opposed to his restoration policy. jesse r. Grant,
iather OF General Grant has succeeded to the Post,
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