The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-21

other way have so fully abiured partv allegi-
Hnt e, and declared his impartial devotion TO the
int rests OF he whole country, rr
This action OF the President will give TO the
South an assurance, which II has not yet felt,
that it's rights will be efectually protected until
II has representatives in Congress 10 speak and
act in its interest. The veto will arrest the
growing coldness and alienation consequent on
the overbearing action OF the dominant major
ity, and will encourage the South to proceed In
reOrganizing its industry on the basis ofdreedom,
by the assurance that, ii IL acts reasonably, 1t
VIII not be spbiect TO impertinent ntermeddlng
II would be absurd and behttling to claim the
President, In consequence OF his wise and coura-
geOus ton, as convert to the Democracy.
A. an original Democrat, who had never repu-
dated his principles, he needed no conversion;
but in this veto, he has evidently been governed
by his sense oil right without regard to party.
There arr some deep-ylng principles Of which
we should be sorry to think that the Democratic
party have a monopoly. We trust t1at i've
yeals hence las five years aeo) no political party
can be possible with the trial by jury, the right
OF representation, and other tniugs OF that sort
as the dividing lines. When the most important
and valued rights are in peril, it is praise worthy
m9gnanimity Tor President 10 rise above party
considerations; and the country Is under yreat
Obligations to President johnson for his -inge
minded devotion to the interes Is OF the whole
Union. ....
The Times is satisfied with this:--
The Senate yesterday refused TO pass the
FIt edmsn's Bureau bill, by the necessary Con
stituuoDal vote. over the Presidents veto.
Several OF the Senators who supported the bill
on its original passage through that body,
changed their posit on alter the reading OF the
veto message, and voted to support the Presi-
dent. This action OF the Senate virtually settles
the tate OF the bill in its present form; and
though there will doubtless be legislation by
Congress which will embody some OF its provi.
sions, and secure fundame ntally the end 1t had
in view, there no likelihood that the principles
and features of the bill to which the President
cn cfr1uupOflv QhipptS will again receive the
sanction OF both branches OF Congress.
In the veto power lies one OF the Presidents
highest Constitutional prerogatives. When ex-
erCsed upon a measure such as thls-a meas Ire
ahe' ting not only the fortunes of race, but the
political rights OF eleven States, and the social
ana industrial condit on OF one-halt the country,
The grounds for 1t deserve the most serious and
unpre indeed thought. When, IN addition 10
these considerations, he measure vetoed is one
that received he almost unanimous assent OF
tho representatives of the political party which
elected the President, and to which he must
look for continued support, it may BE- taken for
granted that his action was neither hastY nor
wi hout the weiehtIest reasons. The latter he
has set forth jim his message at length; and 1t
will be universally edmItGed that they are OF
such character as to justify the appreciation OF
them which has already been shown by the
Senate, and which we have no doubt will be re-
sponded to by the House.
What was the object of the Freedmen's
Bureau, and what the proper purpose OF the
bill? Simply to secure the emancpated slaves
in the possession OF those fundamental rights
which accrued to them by the TACT OF emancipa-
tion. So far as, in the Presidents opinion, tue
bill went beyond this, or attempted to effect it
by means that were unconstitutional, or that
would be practically ineffective, or that would
work damage 10 other public interests, he was
bound to refuse it his sanction, re Iardless of
party interests; but at the same time he takes
pains, in the opening of his Veto Message, to
express his agreement with Congress In the fun
damental object proposed by the bill, VIZ, to
secure to the freedmen the full enjoyment OF
their freedom and their property, and their
entire independence and equality in making con-
tracts for their labor
With this essential unanimity of purpose, on
the part of CONGRESS- and the Executive we do
not see that it would be absolutely Impossible to
frame a measure upon which both parties should
agree. II is our belief that this viii yeC be DONE
and that the silly eXultatlon OF the faction. which
sees in the veto the establishment of an irrepara
BILE breach between the President and the Union
Party, will be fol owed by disappointment il
pitiful as any they have previously had.