Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-03-01
The Presidents Veto.
How II is Received by the Press
and People. ir- .s. ..

mind OF the Executive as 10 the correctness
OF his position, when bells are rung and caps
thrown up by the party which has all through
the war given cowardly sort OF aid and
comfort to the rebellion, while Union men
go about the streets sadly feeling that the
cause for which we have bsttled with such
expenditure of blood aud treasure, against
open, armed foes in front, and secret, insid-
ious traitors in the rear, is in perff from one
of its most cherished and trusted defenders:
The prompt aation Of the Union MON
bers of the Ohio Legislature leaves no room
for doubt as to where they stand. The
same sentiment will be found to be well-nigh
unanimous throughout the State and the
loyal North. ...-ts
t from the My. Tdbune.l ......
~ Mr.. johnson has made
a grave mistake. He has relieved those
who elected him of great responsibility by
taking it on his own shoulders Hereafter,
whatever wrongs may be inflicted upon or
indignities suffered by the Southern Blacks,
will be charged to the President, who has
left them naked to their enemies. Time
will show that he has thereby precluded
true and speedy restoration of the South,
and inflicted more lasting misery on her
Whites than on her Blacks .t
from the Washington 10 C.) Chronicle Z'
This message Of President johnson will
fall like the cold hand of death upon the
warm impulses OF the American people,
who have given so much of their treasure
and their blood to the cause of the republic,
and have expressed such unstinted and un
questioning confidence in the Executive =
1t is not the fact that he refused to sign Mr..
Trumbull's bill that will startle and paralyze
them but when he appeals, nay, demands,
that the States now almost as rebellious as
they were year ago, certainly as much fill
ed with hate of the Congressional majorities
and of the loyal masses of the American peo
ple,f shall at once be rehabilitated he will
send thrill of dismay to every leval heart
throughout our wide domain. There is,
indeed, cause for universal solcitude. The
new rebellion. The defeated traitor
dictator, Even from his strong cell in For
gin to indulge the hope of returning to
the Senate ofthe United States, there to
reassert that fatal supremacy which encour-
aged secession under one administration,
and prccipitatea rebellion against another.
[l'rom the Wheeling mteIugencer .
- n We have read this mes
sage with great deal of interest and We feel
bound to commend it to our readers as in
every sense a strong document, and worthy
of universal attention. We cannot doubt
its good effect on Congress and the country
The Editor of the Intelligencer is Post
master at Wheeling. -ED. CHRoN
The Springfield Republic is very decided
in its support of the bill.
The Dayton Journal supports the Union
delegation in Congress warmly. Within
sound of the traitorous voice of Valandig.
ham, giving the President the deep damna.
ton of his approval-within sight of his
flag, never unfurled for any Union victory,
but flung to the breeze at the first sugges
tioH of treason anywhere-within sound Of
the hundred guns of the double-dyed traitors
who were not content to have the Union
broken only in two pieces-it is not to be
wondered at that the Journal should spe ak
earnestly, 1t closes with summary of the
provisions of the bill, and the following
COmulGiltS
Such is the sum and substance Of the bill.
1t was not designed for time of peace. II
was not fitted for well ordered State Gov
ernments like the loyal States North. 1t
was framed with an express intention to
drepare the way for peace and Union in the
rohelious South. 1t was adapted to the
conditions # rebellious master-class of
traitors to the Government, and to class
of humble, oppressed men who had been
liberated from Slavery, and who had shield
their blood for the Government-which is
bound by the most sacred obligations OF
honor. not 10 speak of humanity, to afford
them all the protection in its power, until
they shall be able to relieve themselves OF
the encumbrances which two centuries OF
chains dnd whip lash have worn into their
souls r.f m. p ....
[From the Cleveland Leahetl
The bill, the mildest, the most conserva
| tive, the most obviously essential of all the
great pleasures initiated by the present
Congress, having finally passed both branches
ofthe National Legislature, and having beer
sent to the President for his signature on
Tuesday last, was yesterday returned t.
Congress with his objections.
~ The President has
proven false to himself to his glorious wa
record, 20 his pledges to the coored peopl,
of the South and to the party which elect
ed him, by thus placing himself with tn,
CopperheadS and rebels in opposition to
measure absolutely necessary for the pro
lection Of the Southern Unionists, black o
white, and will have cause to regret it Il
4 the end of very brief political existence
and for his life thereafter. ......... ID.
E-l4 From the ssndusky Registsrl f n.
Intelligent observers we're prepared to se
Mr.. johnson return the Freedmen's Bill t
Congress with certain changes suggested
before he could approve it, butvery few ou,
side of Congress were prepared to hear tn
4 Republican President deliver three co.
umn valedietory to the Union party. an
declare himself the champion of his nativ
bur rebellious South. We confess that w,
look in vain through the Presidents lon
message for assingle ray Of hope for tn
enancipated slaves, whose freedom we ar
sacredly, pledged to maintain, or for tn
2 loyal North. whose blood and treasure hav
given us a nation. Some ofthe objection
to the bill ara valid and we'll put but thi
matters little SO long as no amount Q
change can make the bill acceptable to tn
\ Executive, He is fundamentally oppose
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