The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-05
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THE PRESIDENTS VETO.

To the Senate of the United States
| regret that the bill which has
passed bo'h Houses OF Con1ress
entitled an act to protect all person
in the United States in their civil
rights and furnish them The means
4 of thsir vindicatins certain provis
lions, which my sense OF duty to
lthc whole people and my obNga-
tion To- the Constitution OF the
| United States. | am therefore cor
ls'raiued to return it to the Senate,
the House in which i, originated,
with my objections to its becoming
Il law
he first section of the bill pro-
vidcs hat all persons born in the
United States, not sui jcct to any
ior ign power, excepting Indians
not tax Il, are declared TO be citi
z MS of tue United States. III :
lppoposition compr he ds he Chi
lncsr of the Pacific and Indians
/ -ubiect tn TAXATION, the people
called Gyrsies as well IS the cntlr.
race dos gnat, d a1 bla ks. people
10 color. negro s. muhrto,s and
persons of African blood. kvery
lindlvidual OF these races born in
the United States ar by the bili
made citizens Of tie United States,
: liz docs not purp rt to declare OF
conivi any ether right Of cit'z'n
snip tlran federal citizenship; il
does nat propose t" give these cIas
es o. persons any status ct cltlzen'
Of States except that which may
result from their status as citizens
nf the United States The power
to cou'er tile risht Of State citizen
ship is Just as exclusively W tn thu
several States a. the power to con
or the right of federal citiz nshll
is with Congress. The right o
f deral citizenship thus to bs con
tered in the several exceptions ma
tons before mentioned is now TO
the first time proposed to be give
by law if as claimed by all person
who are native born already ar
by virtue of the constitution cltl
zens of the United St"t.s' -"
sassnge " of the pending bill canno
be necessary to make them such
it, on the other hand, such person
are not citizens as may be assun
i ed from the proposed legislation t
make them such the grave ques
tion presents itself whether wher
:. eleven of the thirty-six States az
unrepresenled In Congress at thi
time it is sound policy to max
~ one entire color,d population an
~ all other excepted classes citizen
of the United States -Four mil
iqns of them have jnst emerge
from slavery into freedom. Ca
N il b. reasonable or supposed th'
they possess the exqnisit qualities
til ms To entitle them to all Il,
privileges ard communities OF cit
i zenship Of the United States
Have the peopl, OF the sewers
'g 5 ates expressed such a conviction
1t may also be asked whether it
necessary that thew should be d.
clarel citizens in order that the
may be secured in the enjqymer
4 OF the civil rights proposed TO !
I. conferred 10y the bill These rgh
u are hy Fed raj as well a. ly Sta
IN laws, secu ell to all domicled aliei
and foreigners, even bytore Il
compl tion Of the process OF nat'
ralization, and it may safely be a
sumed that the same enactmen
are sufficient to give like prote
tion aud benefits to these for who
the bill promises special legisl
/, tion: besides, the policy of ii
present time, seems to have be-
HAT persons who are strangers
' and fam iliar with oar institution
and laws. should pass through
y" certain prohibition. AT the Ell
. of such. before allowing the COW
ed prize. they must give eyldei'
tho Of their fitness to receive and
o., exercise therights OF citizens,
Contemplated by the Constit
tion Of the United States II
bin in effect proposes n discrimir
: ton against large numbers Of
tclligent. worthy and Pariotic ci
!. gems in favor ofthe negro, to who
after | ng years Of bondage, I
- aveneus to freedom and intelliger
~ ~ has inst been suddenly opened.
q. lie must of necessity, from ]