Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-04-05
THE VETO MESSAGE.

The Presidents Veto of the Civil Rights Bill
will be found on our first page. Last week We
published the bill itself. 50 that readers can
peru.e both and form their own conclusions. We
arc 10th to say t, bu. VIC have not much Faith left
in the integrity anu fidelity of Andrew Johnson.
lie may be honest and patriotic. bu. il so wo can
not see it. Nearly all the objections he urges to
this bill Of any weight whatever, might have been
urged with equal or greater force to the old Fugi
tive Slave Bill, which he was always understood
to favor. never even questioning its constitutonal
ity, but vetoes very similar measure il the in
terests of freedom and humanity on the ground of
its unconstutionality l. it possible that his rea-
s,n and sense of right is so perverted by his early
prsjuIices, ignorance and passion, that he cannot
see the inconsistency of his course7 The Repub-
licsns were told 10y those who knew Andrew John
son best that he would bstray them il they nomi
mated him. We felt much ourself, but fearing
we might do him injustice RETAINED from express
in. il. What great pity it is that Hannibal
IIalnlin was no. re nominated in 1864. Had he
been would have been safe in any contingency.
and We verify believe Lincoln would never have
been assassin lted. There would have been moth
in; gained by it unless they could have assassina
ted both, and the great probability Of It's failure in
q. least one case would, more than likely, have
deferred the Democratic assassns from making
any attempt at all. Subsequent events prove that
the assassin. knew Johnson better than We did,
and that the preparations they pretended to make
for his sud len taking off was only intended a
blind
1t il said that several distinguished Senators
have recently bad ar interview with the President
to ascertain whether they could not sugges. some
substitute for the civil rights bill, that
would be acceptable to the Executive. We have
no faith whatever that any good will come Of this
move. Andy, in our opiaion, has determined,
ike the washed hog, to return to his walkowing in
the mre, and we in favor of letting him go,
and making arrangements to do without him. We
10 not believe he can be arrested in his downward
course, and therefore, all attempts to rescue him
from the gulph Of degradation and political da m
nation into which he seems determined to precipi
tate himself is only an utter. foolish and wickct
waste Of time.
SON Of his arguments against the civil right
bill really silly. absurd ridiculous, and woulC
politician. For instance: He objects to the bill
because il includes the Chinese of the Pacif
States, who are born in the United States, Gyp
s;es and Indian, subject to taxation. Is it posi-
bic there i, a man Of any pretension to common
intelligence in Marshall county who does no. know
that according to The U. S. Constitution. the de
scendants OF Chinese. born in this country, ar,
American citizens alre-dyl Would it not make
country Justice smile to hear any one object to
mans citizt n,hp on the ground that his parent
were Gyfsiesl
wenight point out other objections to the bill
urged bs the President equally fallaciOus as tn
above, and which no one but quibbler would re
sort to, but this must suffice for the present Tn
article in another column from the New Yor!
Post reviewing the message ia commended to tn
attention Of the reader as an able and sound pro
duction.