White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-03-01

the Moses, ready to lead the oppressed to
safety from the oppressor. His anxisties
are now almost wholly engaged for the
oppressor. and his message is little better
than an attempt to demonstrate that the
Southern ex.rebsls are in perishing need
Of protection from the Freednen's Bureau
and the freed men. and that the latter are
abundsntly able to protect and take care
of themselves. He conceives that With
the emancipation edict the nations do
ty to the laboring loyalists Of the South
is dou.. and that their happiness can
now only be promoted BY leaving them
to the magnanimity of the lats slsvs. hold
ing and late rebel classes. If these will
not treat them as freemen. bis remedy
as lately suggested to Msssrs. Douglass.
Downing. &c.-is thss they smigrsss.
colonize. As if the nation bad not mar
rowly missed destruction from one vsst
wrong, and there were now no peril in
giving root. soil and shelter to smother ]
Not only - to the point Immediately in
volved in this veto. bat on the question Of
representations and suffrage in the District.
as we'll O. on tbsA Of the instant sdmis-
sion Of the ex. Cosiedsrste dsiegstions to
Congress, Mr.. johnson appears in dis-
metric opposition to the Union party
that elected him, and that is now bar
monionsly and ably repressnsed upon tho
floors Of Congress.
illustrating the same tsmper Oh bis
part are bis orders contrsveninE those OF
Gen. Grant. relative to retaining troops
ct various psrts Of the South. anil lstest.
relative to the suspension Of Pollsrd's
Richmond Exsminer. General Grant
could not tolerate the incendisry rebel
roue of that sheet. and felt it . duty in
the exercise Of bis authority 10 suppress
it. Pollard applied to Grant to revoke
tho isterdies. bet the General refused.
Pollard spplied to the President. who
then twice Iesnested Grant to rescind the
order. but ihs Lieutenant General twice
.,efpsed TO do ihis. President johnson
then authorized Mr.. Pollard to- preceed
with his publication. General Grant to
the contrary Notwithstanding. This is
but an incident. and ono among teo many
Of its kind, exhibiting the spirit and
chosen policy of the man 10 whom the
country has committed its most scored
trust. Not for these incidents. however.
would we withhold support from sny
safe national policy. bat the abandonment
of this policy is Of piece with those in
c;.l.... ..l l>.,>. - sha ,l.oo "a - nnf hsno
worthy Of support. t.1'
It will bs observed that the Presidents
veto is not based 80 much upon his otjsc-
tions to the extension of the dep artment
OF the Fresdmen's Bureau. - upon bis
view that the Jurisdiction Of the Burssu
is itself fundamentally wrong and M
constitutional in principle. With his
argument at presint We have nothing to
do bot to point ont its nature. and the
course and company to which it com
mits him. The National Union Party
has not yet concluded its work, and can
not be dAsrted from that work BY any
detection however formidable. That
party has no foes worse than false or faint
hearted leaders, and the sooner and more
thoroughly these are disclosed the hsp-
pier for the country.-&. Louis Dem.
How the Money Goes.
We have received from Washington .
public document, called the report of
the Commissioner of Agriculture. for
1864" We learn that this report has
just been issued. Il is dated December
lst. 1864, and it !. published 10 Februs-
ry. 1866. It ;s intended, We may sup
pose, for the information of farmers: but
its news ia more than year old. It con-
tsins, besides the report OF the Commis-
speaks about ''ths terrible
war in which we are engsged"-a con-
number Of essays on various
subjects connected with agriculture. some
agricultural statistics. . meteorological
record, and list of articles which srs said
to have been "donatsd" to the Museum.
We have no hesitation in saying that
the money expended upon the publication
Of this work is wasted. It might as
we'll be flung into the gutter. Here is .
book OF six hundred and sevsnty-six
pages. of which ono hundred and sixty
four thousand copies are printed, four
teen mouths sfter the proper dsts. st the
expense Of the nation. to be given away
BY congressmsn. to be stored in dark gar.
rets. to be sold for waste paper, to be
used for trunk Innings. and to take their
places in melancholy dust covered rows. |
with Patent Office reports. on the upper
shelves of second hand book shops.
While We srs borrowing money for
current expenses. while our credit 10 30
bad that We can get only seventy cents |
for our promise to pay Q dollar, willis
svsry industry 10 oppressed with taxes.
here are nearly three hundred thousand
dollars thrown away; Gum which rep
ressnts tbs interest on Eve million dol |
lars. at six per cent. And this waste il
TO be continued next year. for We learn
that the agricultural report for 1865 will
,ppssr about Dec. 1856. or Jan. 1867.
1.-THE book contsined useful Informs
ion nowhere elas to bs got. ws should
,sy nothing. Bot tbers are half dozen
Journals in tbe country. each
If which prints every yesr matter frssher
md more valuable, on the ssms topics
which sre discussed in this rsport. sad
~ many Others besides; and il Congress
must throw swsy money on printing. it
would Be more ssnsibls for i to issus %
'dition Of one hundred and sixty- -four
thousand copies Of the. Americas Agri-
tbs CoustEy Gestlemss, OF the