Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13
Ghe free press.
GEO. w. & C. c. BENEDICT,
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEroRs.
FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 10. 1866.
FREEDOM AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
Passage of the Civil Rights Bill in the
Senate, over the Presidents Veto.

senate. over tle EEeSIdent'S etO.
We are glad and thankful to be able tO
record another triumph of the cause of Jus
tice and Freedom, IN the re-passage by the
Senate of the Civil Rights bill.-It
is a triumph, too, of the People over
presidential influence and usurpation; for it
was doubtless the wholesome fear Of the
loyal voters of the North, overbalancing the
weight of presidential influence, which
brought the doubling Senators up to the
mark, and secured the passage of the bill
over the Presidents veto. Its re-passage
by the House may be considered as certain
as anything future, and the next question is
- what will the President do about 1t -
We earnestly trust that he will accept the
admonitiOn. lay to heart this fresh proof
that revolutions never 20 backward, and
IN hands once more with the party in Con-
sress to which he owed his elevation, and
from which alone can be obtain any valuable
sppport.
The veto message was taken up IN tie
Senate Friday At one o'clock. Ben Wade
gave bic views OF the Presidents policy
Garrett DAVIS and salisbury sustained the
veto message, the former declaring that if
the bill became a law, b. should become tie
enemy OF the national. government, and tie
latter predicting fresh revolution and blood
shed, from the passage OF the bill. Senator
Doolittle announced that though instructed
by the Legislature Of his State to vote for
the bill, he should not do 20. lie wished
civil rights bill could be framed which would
suit both Congress and the President. SEN
ator Yates Of Illinois, urged Senators to
march forward and boldly do their duty,
which they proceeded to do. The question
being, "Shall the bill pass, the Presidents
veto to the contrary notwithstanding" the
vote stood
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, |
Clark, Conness, Cragin, CresWell, Edmunds, |
Fessenden. Foster, Grimes, Harris. Henderson. |
Howard, Howe, KirkWood, Lane Of Ind. Nor |
gan. NJ rrill. Nye, Poland, Pomeroy. Ramsey, |
Sherman, Sprague. Stewart, Sumner. .Trumbuil, /
Wade, Wiley, Nillisms, Wilson, Yates-33.
NAYs-Messrs- Buckalew, Cowan, Davis Doe
little, Guthrie, Hendricks, johnson, Lane of
Kansas, McDougall, Nesmith. Mort ton, Riddle,
Salisbury. Van Winkle. Wright-l5.
ABsEST-Mr. Dixon.
The Chair announced, amid great ap-
rlause, that the bill, having received a two
thirds vote, had become law, but subse-
luently corrected the inadyertance by stat
ing that the bill, having received two
thirds vote, had passed the Senate.
1t Will be seen from the above that the bill
lad the vote Of every New England Senator
ave Dixon Of Connecticut. who though in
Washington, was not present of both the
Senator'S Of New York. Senator Morgan, who
las been in doubt, having come to the con-
,lusion that he could not disregard the in
tructions Of the New York Legislature-his
7ote was received with loud applause in the
galleries of both the Illinois Senators
both the Missouri Senator's both the Mich
/, an Senator's: both the Iowa men both
If the Senators from the new State of Ne
,ada, both Sherman and Wade Of Ohio, and
/ vote apiece IRON Indiana, Kansas, Mary
and, Oregon, Wisconsin and West Virginia
Who will undertake to say that these votes,
from the East and West and Southwest, do
not truly represent the loyal masses
Cowan Of Pennsylvania, Jun Lane of Kan
'as, Doolittle Of Wisconsin, Norton OF Min
asota, and Van WinElc of West Virginia.
elected as republicans, stand by the Presi-
dent. and will doubtless have their reward.
On motion of Mr. Trumbull, the Secreta-
ry of the Sepatc was ordered to communi-
cate to the House copy of the veto mes
sage, together with the result of the vote,
and the Senate, after this good days work,
till Monday.