Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-14
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II IS the fasnlon OF those Journals Wno
take pride in wearing the collar of Thad
| Stevens 4 Co., and who abuse the Presi-
dent, 70 declare that he has deserted the
Union patty, and been guilty Of q great
abuse of power because of his veto OF the
Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills.
According TO these ferocious and intensely
patriotic journals, Congress, in passing
those bills, manifested the utmost patriot
ism and wisdom, while the President, for
vetoing them, is guilty Of treason, strata
gem, and usurpation. These journals
should be more discreet, and watch the
bell-weathers Of their flock with greater
care. One of their principal file leaders in
the Senate. Mr.. Trumbull, finds far other
cause for opposition to the President than
outrageous assumption of power. and
plainly intimstes that neither wisdom nor
patriotism, but cringing subseryiency, ac-
tuated Congress in the passage Of the bills
in question. In his speech on the veto.
he a Y that the bills referred to had been
shown 10 the President before being acted
upon in Congress, that he did not say
that he was opposed to them. and that il
| Congress had supposed he did not favor
them. the bills would not have been pass
ed and the inference was held out that,
because the President did not lobby
against the passage Of the bills, he must
necessarily favor them. Here. then,
was a clear and distinct confession on the
mart Of one of the leading champions Of
the bills, that. in passing them, Congress
was not actuated by any inherent wisdom,
patriotism, or sense of right or justice, but
solely by a desire to please the President;
and. by inference, we are given plainly to
understand that, had the PRECEDENT openly
expressed his desire in favor Of bills Of u
contrary nature, Congress would have in
dorsed them unhcsitatingly. Says MIR.
Trumbu,l: 1.-The bill was proposed with
a view TO carry out what men supposed
to be the views of the President. . " .
When il was reported he was hcsitating
about signing the Freedmsn's Bureau bill,
he was informed Of the condition Of the
Civil Rights Bill. then pending in the
House, and q hope was expressed that ii
he had any objections to any Of its provis-
ions, he would make it known, that they
might be remedied. There was believed
to be no disposition IN the part Of Con-
gress. aud certainly not on my part, TO
have bills presented to him which he could
not approve. He never intimated, so far
as I know, the least objection to any pro-
visions Of the bill until after its passage.
. . The bill was framed, as was
supposed, in harmony with his views"
Tha, is to say, If it had not been inferred
that the President favored the bills,
they would not have been passed. but
something in their stead would have
been adopted. So, according to their
own statements, the leading Radicals in
Congress do not denounce the President
because he disapproves Of the bills they
do not denounce him for his vetoes; what
they do in reality denounce him for, is,
because he did not attempt to influence
legislation in an improper manner BY In
forming the members Of Congress Of his
wishes by preparing bills for them TO in
dorse, and by lobbying in favor Of their
passage. No n who reads Trumbulfs
! speech on the veto. can come to any other
conclusion than this upon the subject.
The primary cause Of Radical wrath in
Congress against the President, is not his
abuse Of power nor his disbelief in the
bills referred to, but because he refused TO
abuse the privileges of his position by en-
deavoring to improperly influence legisla-
ton. Having aan off the right track and
got into the swamps, because the President
did not 90 out Of tire way Of his duties to
keep them in the straight patch, the lead
ing Radicals in Congress now endeavor to
cover up their own mislSkes by scolding
the President with noisy tny, while their
partisan journals help to swell the tumult
by loudly charging him with conduct
directly the contrary Of that which he has
pursued; their whole aim being 20 cover
up Radical blunders, and to misleNd the
public mind by raising false issues.-S, F.
Cal.