Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-23
The Veto NEessage.

Ihc VeIO MeSSHRes
Our space will permit of no extended
comment1ipon the very remarkable docu-
meht which fills our columns this morning;
besides, 1t Is yet too soon to make calm
review of the Presidents positions and ar
guments. We believe that the pr0mulga-
tion of this message will llpfOduce through
out the North, among the best friends of
the country, feeling of deep grief and
painful apprehension
Intelligent observers were prepared to
see Mr.. johnson return the Freedmen's bill
to Congress with certain changes suggest
ed before be could approve il bntvery few
outside Of Congress were prepared to hear
the Republican President deliver three
column vaedictory to the Union party and
declare himself the Z champion of his
native but rebellious South. We con-
fess that we look in vain through the
Presidents long message for aVsinEle a
ray of hope for the emancipated slaves
whose freedom we are sacredly pledg-
ed to maintainy or ltor the loyal North
whose blood and treasure have given us a
nation. Some of the objections to the
bill are valid and well put, but this matters
little SO long as no mOunt OF change can.
make the bill acceptable to the Executive. J.
He is fundamentally opposed to the idea of
protecting the freedmen by the federal arm,
and is thoroughly welded to the, theory OF
turning them over TO the tender mercies Of
their late masters and our late enemies
Right here the President parts company
with nine-tenths of the party which elected
him, and right here the men who fought
rebellion in the field and the friends of
right,eyerywhere must BID him reluctant
adieu. This message shows more distinetr
ly than any previous Presidential utterance
had done, that the President and the ma
Ijority in Congress are radically at variance,
and that no middle ground is possible for
them. The policy OF one or the other must
goto the wall.
Whether the Freedmens bill can be pass
ed over the Presidents veto is doubtful.
( We hope it can be and will be, but are not
sanguine of its success. If the President
backs up his veto with his patronage he
can probably cause sufficient disaflection in,
the Union ranks 10 defeat the measure.
Dispatches say that its fate depends on two
shaky Senators-the House being strong
enough to pass it triumphantly. But should
Mr.. johnson choose to use the patronage of
his place. to give effect to his veto he can
be well ASSURED of this that not a Represen-
tdtiUe or Senator totH enter the halls of Con-
gress from a lately re6elliOus State until le
Freednlen'S bilOr some other effective guarantee
is adopted. This the President cannot pre-
vent except by adopting the role Of Grpm-)I
well, which we do not otAntieipate,l although
he is urged to do it by noisy friends.
Whatever may be thought of the argu-
lment of the message few can doubt that the
document will be hailed by the reasonable
spritsOf the South as the'dawnlOf millen-,
niums@It will increasetthe Insecurity OF
loyal men in Southern States, give new
license to outrages upon negroes and en-
courage Southern society in its rapid re-
turn to the old barbarism.
Yet good men need not despair. There
is power higher than Andrew johnson.
Let ps,thapk Heaven, fol, our Congress and
stand by IL ip the hour IOl its triak All
will yet be well, and Justice win be uone.4
Sdndlsky Register (RGdtcaD.
The Beauty of Republican Poll.
tics.
Whilethe lCtnciRRati 0emH,efetdI oppeses
Legislation legalizing eight hours as days
work, the object of which is to afford the
laborer Opportunities to improve himself
mentally and socially, the Toledo Blade, an
other Republican jpurhal that wants credit
for Conservatism, writes itself down thus
"We have labored incessantly for the
emancipation of the-sldve, and we hope to
live to see the day when he will enjoy the
highest privilege OF the free manrthe bal
lot. We have labored to emancIpate him
from the bonds of slavery-we would now
lit him frpmsthe ign0fance IN which itTas
necessary to keep him TO make nm Save.
So much do we hate and detest the idea Of
color legislation-the theory of the politi-
cal supremacy of one race over another
that Zoe 'oohId pIdks him DE eQtal o tse l0hyt5
IN suffrage as IN everything else. Such as are
sufficiently advanced 20 vote intelligently,
should haVe the priYilege-ra4 ,'skites tee,tg-
norant should be deprtued Of o." gli SJsl
Whoever likes politics of this sort, let
him idsptity.hlmself viii thS Bbptblican
party; but whoever don't should take sides
with the Democratic party.
indiana h anSpA ABo1I1Ion, Z sfsIe Go1aaxDj4ssG G1a en-
The Abolitlonists Of Indiana held 4 State
Convention atIndianapolis ren the 22d inst.
They. had not the manliness to jpdorse the
Presidents veto. eThey professed 10 nave
faith IN him and Nerestre theyhad in ntheI
Radicals in COngFesssonn6l TiSdi 1eI sidgg 81
fSfO V8di -LALElfiall a.laAnat4as--- aafiisib,s
THE Coppefhead Central Committee at
Colprhbuh have ISSUED call for alpeetingI
0Fthe party inlthat city t6Lai9ht, t6ddddthe
President Johnson.=DGyton Journal Re-
patbltcgn). ,..4-,.,
fEEsy aid idaDl,Sa no such thinssI11 why iis EbSht
"' ntb-did9.