The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-24

Feeling I'm the south About the Mes-
sage-COnservAtive Republican View OF
the PrestdomG's speech.

tho RreaAOOmSe SpOeCh.
Our Southern exchanges are filed with lauda-
tions Of the Presidents recent action. As type
of these we reproduce the following leader from
the Petersburg (Va.) Inder. It is probably
from the pen OF Roger A. Pryor:-
In vetoiug the Freedmen's bill, Andrew john
son has done the bravest deed in American
history.
The student of our political annals viii at once
contrast It In his mind with the two great vetoes
OF the Bank bills-the only acts OF Executive
conduct in our history which even approach it
in genuine courage-the veto by Jackson on the
10th OF July, 1882, and that by Tyler on the 9th
of ofSeptember, ls4l. moments consideration
will show that there is no compassion in the
courage of the respective acts. Not to speak of
the tiercer passions of this hour, of the Tevolu-
tionary tendencies of legislation, OF the combi-
nation of religion and revenge, OF philanthropy
and fanaticism. of holiness and hate, which
fight under the same banner of negro worship
to carry the N easure known as the Freedmen's
Bureau bill, there are two circumstances which
conspicuousy distinguish President Johnson's
position, and attest its uneXampled gallantry.
The hrst is he numbers against him The
Bank bill that Jackson vetoed was passed in the
House OF Representatives by LOG to a. and the
Senate by 26 TO %. That which Tyler vetoed
passed the House by l25 to "a, and the Senate
by 27 10 %. 1t required, nevertheless all a
Jackson's frmness and Tyler's conscientious
ness 10 brave representative majority OF ~ in
a vote of 100 In one case, and majority of 81 in
vote of 2l9 in the other.
Andrew johnson has vetoed a bill about which
the passions OF this people are tenfold more
excited, although the representative vote was
one hundred and thrty-six to thitty-three.
In Jackson's case the majority was but one
ninth of the whole vote-ln Tyler's one-seventh.
In Johnson's the majority is tive-eighths of the
whole vote. He dares vote, not OF two-thirds,
but of tOtTjitths against him.
Let 1t never be forgotten that he is perilling
this day, not only his party existence, but his
Rte, to shield from monstrous iniquity the
Southern people, in a forum where no kindred
voice is raised to defend us. And this suggests
the second great point of superiority in the cour-
age OF this act.
Andrew Johnson is rishiag an Impeachment.
The Jacobinsl haze abundant power and abun-
dant will tQEenove him from his office by an I'M
peachment Ind they have already threatened it.
Thank God the breach is at last made fully,
fairly, officially. How ii will end no mortal eye
sees; but when the Southern people forget the
heroic man who thus "keeps the bridge" in their
defense, may their right hand forget its cunning
and their tongue cleave to the root Of their
mouth,
P. S.-Since writing the above the telegraph
brings us the welcome news that the patriotic
and noble stand OF the President has not been,
as we feared it would be, fruitless. The Jaco-
bins in the Senate have not beea strong enough
to overcome the Presidents veto. Perhaps the
tide is at its flood, and the prosecutions and
prescriptions of Stevens and Sumner and Bolts
are at last to be brought to an end.