Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-01
THE VETO.
rs y and Erctsemens on the
Subject

THE VETO.
rs Reception and EEeisemens on the
subject
The following is compiled from teie-
graphic dispatches 10 the Cincinnati pa
pers:
GUSHING A SENATOR.
WAsHISGToS, March =.
The Senate to-day was the great center
Of attraction. The galleries commenced
to ill up two hours before the meeting Of
that body. Even the diplomatic gallery
received its portion Of spectators. BY
twelve o'clock ingTess and egress were
alike impossible. hundreds thrOnged the
halls and corridors, unable 10 get even a
glimpse OF the great scene. Within the
House, the galleries were deserted, and
so was the House floor by two O'Clock.
They were without "A quorum, and a call
for the House was ordered, after which an
adjournment followed. as il was found
impossible TO secure the attendance Of
the large number of members who were
attracted by the Senate.
At n O'Clock the struggle 10 oust
Senator Stockton from his seat COM
menced, by a general running debate,
which lasted till five pm, when the
final vote was reached on the main ques-
ton, as to whether Mr.. Stockton was
entitled 10 his seat. 1t became evident as
the yeas and nays were about to be called
That Senator Stewart had disappeared
from the Chamber, and that II the vote
stood as it did on Friday, with the excep-
ton Of the Nevada senator, Mr.. Stockton
would be expelled. The ron-call pro-
ceeded amid breathless silence, and the
result announced favored the correctness
Of the anticipation, for the resolution de-
elaring him not entitled 10 his seat passed
by a majority.
Ex-senator Stockton, with a thousand
eyes fixed upon him, arose from his seat,
proceeded TO the cloak room, and taking
his hat, cloak and cane, walked from the
chamber a simple citizen.
YOUNG HICKORY BoAIBsHELL.
During the proceeding. the private sec
rotary of the Executive appeared in the
Senate chamber and announce that the
President had returned the Civil Rights
Bill, with his objection.
This created quitea fiutter in the cham
Der, and seemed to hasten the decision of
the contest of the MISUNDERSTANDING.
1t may be added that three Senators who
would have voted for the retention of
u "a NJ htAbiAA1n MElE dl-EuA nf lttHbAl
Of Illness. They are Senators Foote,
Dixon and Wright. The veto message
will be considered tomorrow.
WHAT THE D%IsUNIoNITs HOPE.
WASHINGTON, March 2.
The friends of the Civil Rights bill are
quite confident, tonight, they can secure
the requisite two-thirds vote TO pass it
over the veto. Stockton's expulsion and
his adhesion to the bill will probably
cause the change from the vote sustain
ing the former veto of the Freedmen's
Bureau bill. If this prove true, the veto
viii not be sustained. The hotels and
public places are full of excitement to-
night over the veto, and party feelings
runs high.
FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, March =.
On receiving the news that the Presi-
dent had vetoed the Civil Rights bill,
the ErcHjRg Journal says: 1--WE very
much regret this action Ofthe Executive,
for the reason that it is 50 liable 10 be
construed into hostility 10 the freedmen,
which VI do not believe he entertained.
He has acted, doubtless, on the opinion
of his constitutional advisers, that the
bill is in conflict with the Constitution.
We trust, however, that Congress will
take the responsibility from the shout
ders OF the President, and re-enact the
law, and let the Supreme Court decide
as to its constftutionality."
ACTION or CINCINNATI CONSERVATIVES.
The city Democratic Convention in
Cincinnati, Tuesday evening, adopted
the following resolutions:
Reso}rcd, That we approve Of the
nnNaTr of tho DraaflanN - aI. V~-s~-I
States, looking To a reunion Of all the
States upon the basis Of the Federal Con-.
stitution, and that we denouuce and
most emphatically condemn the efforts
of the destructives in Congress, under
the lead of Sumner, Stevens & Co, to
defeat such reunion, and prevent the
lately seeded States from assuming their
constitutional place in the Congress of
the United States.
ResOlred, That all The measures of the
destructive majority in Congress-their
negro suffrage bills, their Freedmen's
Bureau bills, and their sO-caIled Civil
Rights biH-have the effect, if they are
not 50 designated, to destroy the State
governments, make the Federal Govern
ment an all powerful d~espotism, and ele-
vate the negro TO an equality with the
white, and to prevent, indefinitely, any
.pacihcation or reunion Of the country.
ReSOlUed, That We have no language
TO express u Indignation against that
policy of the destructives that exacts
negro suffrage in the South as a prior
condition Of its return TO the Union, es-
pecially as We Of the Northern States
have never in our W midst tolerated
the measures that we would thrust upon
others
ReSo}Ced, That we approve of the
vetOes Of the President Ofthe unconstitu-
tional and odiOus Freedmen's Bureau
and Civil Rights bills, and that We also
commend the 22d Of February speech, in
which he announces his intention TO
uurOll the Constitution Of the United
states, and hereafter treat it-as it has
not been treated for the last four years
as a living and vital instrument Of Gov
eminent.
ResOtrcd, That we win unite with all
good men, OF whatever party or what
ever political antecedents, who will act
with Us in tie sustainment of the Presi-
dents policy favorable to the restoration
of the Union and the establishment of
the old relations Of amity between the
States.