Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-30
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y urhe Cohl,abus MoratR5 Journal on Thurs
6av morning prohoaheed upon the Presi-
denkA s.eec6nd Veto,v after due delibera- !
tlon, we suppose. 1t starts out with '.ne
declaration that it "is below crlticism.'
Then we are told that "the malignant hate
of the Southern poor Whites for the Negro
race is shown in every line of It--all the
low appeals to brutal prejudice which so
long disgraced humanity and the age,
seem concentrated in this ono document
which, with shame be 1t spoken, must go
among the archives of State as the senti-
ments OF the Executive head of the Great
Republic in this year of grace, 1866"
Intelllgently rendered, what's the mean
ing of this language? It is simply, that
President JOHNSON sprung from the poor
,utitss of the South, and that because he did
so he is animated by "mallgnant hate"
toward 'the Negro race"-that this hate
controls and sways his action. If it is
true that the Southern poor whites" hate
the "negro race" it then follows that Pres
.ident JOHNSON has not been induced to
abandon the ''poor whites" in consequence
of having attained his present elevated po-
sition. Let it be understood, then, that he
continues true, faithful and unfaltering to
the rights, interests and welfare of the
"poor white man." 1t may be crime, in
the estimation of fanatics and malignants,
for President to respect his origin and to
esteem his race as superior to all inferior
race. In this hour of severe trial, when
the President is endeavUrlng 50 to admins
ter the Government that the white men
shall not be subordinated to the Negro
race, will not the White Men stand by
himp Har .
1t is not true, that the Presidents sec
ond veto, or any other veto, shows ''malig-
nant hate'' toward ''the Negro race;' and
the man or editor who asserts so Is grace
less calumniator. He bases his objection to
the Civil Rights bill on the ground of its
Observation-Disclosures the ground that it
is a stride looking to the overthrow of our
Republican form Of Government through
the forms of legislation-on the ground
that the contemplated law would promote
insurrection and toment continual civil
strife, and on the ground that it was con-
ferring on the Negro race privileges never
extended by the Federal Government to
the White race.
Suppose it were true that the "poor
Whites" of the South cherish malignant
hate" toward "the Negro race" and that
the President by reason Of having sprung
from that body of men, should be sub
servient to that malignant hate" where
fore the necessity of the enactment of law
that saps the Constitution of its vitality and
converts the Federal Government into a
huge centralized or consolidated Govern
ment? The "poor Whites" of the South
are not recognized as the governing class
the class that rules and generally dispenses
Justice, and administers State and Municipal
affairs is what the parvenues of the Journal
would term "the better class"-a class that
do not appear to have " malignant hate"
toward "the Negro race" They not cher
ishing such hate, ''the Negro race" have
nothing to fear from them. The inevitable
presumption is that they will see that tjustice
will be done "the Negro race" No Feder-
al legislation in their behalf Is needed. If
such legislation were needed, and were en-
acted in terms that did not conflict with
the Constitution, readily would he give 1t
his approval. Than this there is nothing
more certain. Did he not require the South
ern States, through their organic laws and
through statutory provision, to forever as
sure the freedom of the manumitted slaves?
Did he hold hate toward "the Negro
race"-did he harbor the purpose of doing
wrong to that race in the least particu-
lar-we want to know from his now ma
lignant traducers whether he would have
done this? No man who has any regard
whatever for the sacred injunctions of
Truth would so declare. Nor do we see
how any man who approves the patriotic
course of the President, can at this time
vote for candidates whose election will be
flung in his face by such. journals as the
Columbus Morning Journal as a warrant
commanding him to abandon his we'll
matured policy, under penalty of impeach-
ment. That man who shall so vote is the
practical enen,y of the PreSideilt no matter