The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-28


whether truly not we leave our readers to be the
the strict construction theories OF
the President will hardly admit of any practical
measure of protection TO tue freedmen calculated to
be OF anY real value to them. IL is not TO be denied
that some of the Presidents objections to thus uiii
derive peculiar force from the fact that the bill
would override and annui laws, and even constitu-
uonal provisions in such loyal States as Indiana and
Oregon, and what IS right against any southern
State could not be wrong AGAINST Northern, II
the constitutional and statutory provisions against
the negroes IN those tree States are consonant with
the guarantees OF the national Constitution, then
Congress really possesses no power to enact the
Civil Rights bill, the effect OF wDich woud be TO
sweep away these PROVISIONS, and 10 punish any
State official for attempting to enforce them
Our own belief has always been that such
sistent with the rights guaranteed TO the o1iI-
zens of all the states by the national Constitution.
The President seems TO regard II as an inyasion OF
State n0hts to attempt to annu these provisions BY
act of Congress; and without stopping to dispute
this, though we, do not asree with it, we would
TO place the Union men and the freedmen of the
Souh hopeessly beyond the reach of protection by
our national legislation. The legat arguments
against the details of the bill are drawn up with
much ingenuity and skill and make the most of all
that can be SAID against the measure with little, If
any, apparent dispositon to regard with favor, or
10 allow as much weight TO the good parts OF the
bill as to its constructive faults. In fact although
the President winds up ms message with an expires
sion OF his willingness to aid Congress in requi-
cite legislation to protect the civil rights of the freed
men, the whole tenor OF the document IL such as to
leave no room to expect his sanction for any mea-
sure likely to be passed by Congress. II the
arguments ne adduces possess torce they go 10 SHOW
tnat there is no need of such legislation, and that
Congress has power to pass 1T. The securities
most essential to the enforcement of the civil rights
OF the freedmen are the very ones to which the
President most strenuously objects, and against
which he urges his legal ana constitutional argu-
ments. What the Civil Rights bill put IN the shape
Jaw ana IA n9 ms U"a and ars now
at this time. " lille we applaud the humane spirit
that leads to such action we must prefer to have It
now put in some legal iorm by act Of Congress, and
Veto o message, propery % nerpreted is that ali this
protection to pe withdrawn and the freedmen are
tbemsavas TT Iye aSa n,istaEen In rhis va a re at
loss to know WIN fhe Pres;dent objects To bIii
which would maraiu mate Iegal tSe acts he now
eIinws so be dnna au over the Sontb nv his own
ociaIs for the of the civil rights of the
neeuhen'
The LeGger devoteS the following brief edi-
toriaJ paraprapb to the Veto Messace:-
"The President Yesterday sent back the Civil
Rights bill to the Senate, with his objections HIS
message tells the whole story clear and dspas-
sIonate manner and his objections to the bill should
be considered by both the senate and the people in
the came temper He objects to the b1l because it Is
O Congressional interference with the internal and
domestic concerns OF the individual States-matters
that are reserved by the Constitution to the people
and Legislatures of the States and which have
always been contro led b. the latter. There are nb-
jecons also based on such parts of the bill nfct
penalties the Legislators judges, and judicial
officers of the States that pass any laws or give any
judgments IN conflict with tho nl In bret mis- OBJ
jecions go against tho unconstitutional det ls of he
bill, and not against the policy of protecting the
freedmen. In this view he is supported by some OF
the best constitutional lawyers amOnS the Radical
Republicans of the House, of whom Mr.. Bingham,
of Ohio, may be referred to as instance. These
matters to be considered calmly, and not with
the heat and passion of partisanshp."
Tho Too,,s,o,. ond a oo ry;tl,bold on on;n;o,
A0 "o' OH" |19o "i'iinoio al oPinion
because of the lateness OF the hour.
The Press, in an editorial letter from "Occa-
sional % comments most .stronolv on the veto.
sionai' coiiilnen'S "os'te'ronSy on VIC NeIo'
1t sayS:-
.rrho NO, ,;o4,o -, :, ,u 80 ..o ..;o. a.. ,, 49,
oman ~ ~ t,tnd % le'IS " Wy ; p.S ;h U M 20 10 tt
HnUe @ more lneu' Inc prayers auu WISHES VI sns
,T,,r ~ - ~ uls OnI.ou 2sn.os, oApa e y;
T uS 'io rtSe a. ti Un ano @ Soi IL
oa,ner 96ot srn,ota IA e r. 1rSy omH "a
p"p "' Jone 1sa1 n% stH fa,,h hfii
~ Vba toocbin"S of ~ nur FatbarS o"T tha Far -.
onr countrW and djrsctIv ennealinn iron, avarv
Union balIo-box and from every Union meeting
that has snoken since rho maatino Sf Siongress
hoen ~ os GeIibsroteIv disresordod hv Nnprrv ,
JOHNSON as the demands and threats OF ms cannon
enemies and the enemies of the conntry have neen
heard and obeved The Civil RiShts hiI which tho
President fh1s dav returned to the senate or tho
United States unsirned. was not measure na. sed
in the interests of The cooTed man as he most mn.
instiv tries to show II was nrenared tn nrotect
those thousands of wbiIe men Who dnrmS the Re.
beII1on in The South couraS Seousv maintained the
trne tatth and for 40 dong cnntinua to ha the oh
;ecTs of the nersecuton of The returne5 ReheIs II
is fact that seems TO have produced 80 little inn.
nressi0n unon the President az to HlI every IovaI
mind with horrible snsncion that he has heen no.
soned Inv fhe nreindces Of the impenitant Rehes
themselves that no class imnores so nteonsv for the
nrotection Of the national Eovernment az The White
iovaI;sts of the Sonfh and that no norton of onT
citizens except the blacks tbemselyes have snfered
m G % ne tb n
the new camor OF southern treason against his old
nnIu 40 tho hhot ot ~ oa WIZ on @ a,a % t5ax
had crouched or the Iaat Of on- yictorions srn,es
and stood reaov to accent anv terms that MIGHT he
ofiareI insist thaf the Ereadymen;s R~reau SbouIG
ha dismontisd and 1not tho entire coiorad raco n.