New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-03
The Veto.
OPINIONS OF TIE REPUBLICAN PRESS.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

From the Cincinnati Commercially
| President Johnsons veto message is n document
distinguished by ability, dignity and candor, 1t is
the production of man who is in earnest; who is
| accepts the responsibility; and who believes the
people are with him. Such paper eonstrans
respect, for it is emphasized with power ana it
should receive the calm and clearest consideration
from all good and thoughtful citizens for the sub
iect.. is important and the times are critical.
He declares, however, that the power which
would be placed in his hands is such as ought
never to be iatrusted to any in time of peace
and this sturdy rejection, upon principle of the
allurements of enhanced and almost nnbounded
authority, affords spectacle of austere republi-
virtue, that even the enemies of the President
must admit is exemplary and admirable.
from the Chicago Journal
While it must be conceded that there is great
force in some of the Presidents objections we
nevertheless regret exceedingly that he should
have deemed it his duty to have withheld his ap-
proval from measure, which, notwithstanding its
Objectionable features, would. as it seemed to u.s.
standpoint, as The Executive of the government
whose sworn and solemn duty it is to administer
the affairs of that government to the best of his
abilities, without fear, favor any consideration
but the enforcement of the Constitution and the
laws, and the requirements of the best in
terests of the country as a whole, he views the
matter differently from the generality of people
who have not his measure of responsibility imposed
upon them. Congress will not disregard the
weighty considerations he has presented to the
Senate.
tFrom the Chicago Republican,
| The President has vetoed the bill, thereby pro-
claiming that he wishes to make it an issue whether
freemen shall be denied the commonest civil rights
| so that the tyranny and oppression which denies
them may be sustained, or whether by the interpo-
sition of national power the freedmen shall be pro-
ected until such time as returning reason shall in
duce the States to give that protection by their own
laws; On that issue he appeals to the people from
| the decision of Congress, and we have no doubt
| that Congress will gladly and unhestatingly ac-
| cept the challenge, and that the people will sus-
tain them. AS to the necessity and justice of this
| bill there can be no question.
from the Chicago Tribunel
| Since the closing scenes of the war and the sad
horror OF the assassination no event has created
| such profound sensation as the formal act by
which the President has severed himself from the
loyal party and united with its enemies North and
South, before the Union is yet restored the war
| The President, modest man ! complains of the
| vast power the act would confer upon him, the
| great number of appointments he would have to
bestow under it, and the fear he entertains that
| even he, honest Andrew, might use it to promote
his own political ends We are glad he distrusts
| Yet while saddened by this long expected mani
festation, there need be, should be, and we think
will be, trembling or hesitation on the part OF
Congress, as there surely will be none on the part
| of the people.
From the Cincinnati Gasstte.l
| The excitement in Washington, yesterday, con-
! sequent upon the veto message, may be, gathered
| from the proceedings of Congress- and other dis
| patches which crowd our columns this morning.
The effect has been to consolidate the Union men
| the true men-and to give them strength which
| they never had before. The black sheep-the
purchasable members Of the Union party-are
singled out and the finger of scorn pointed at
| them. 1t will also consolidate the Union people
at home, and cause them to grid on their armor for
| the new trial against treason and traitors.