The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-02-23
The FREEDMEN'S BUREAU BILL
RECEPTION OF THE VETO IN
THE SENATE.
EXCITED FEELINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEN.
The VOTE OF The SENATORS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. 1866.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. 1866
The irrepressibe conflict, so long Smoth-
cred. has to-day fairly commenced, and
President johnson, crossing the Rubicon,
has arrayed himself fairly and squarely
against the maloritieS in the senate and in
the house, as we'll as i'll opposition TO the
leaders of the political party to which he
owes his present position. Up to this
morning there were those who had hopes
that differences Of opinion might be COM
promised, and that the chaSm which had
begun to open between the capitol and the
White House might he brid ged over but
AS the hour for the meeting of congress ap-
preached, it was pretty well understood
t,at veto message was certainly to be
sent in \ few. however, remained in
creduIou> to the last and not ten minutes
before the executive messenger reached the
capitol ! heard Il prominent New England
senator expires, iliS opinion that the preSi-
dent would sign the bill. Congressman,
as we'll as correspondents, are occasionally
mistaken.
The galleries of the senate were crowd
cd at ;ln early hour. Among the nota-
bIc~ were Gen. Milroy aud William LLOYD
Garrison. with scores of soldiers, without
distinction Of color, and quite number
Of ladies After The morning hour Scna-
tor Yates OF Illinois took the t1oOr and
delivered his maiden speech, taking rank
with the foremost champions OF universal
freedom and universal suffrage. The APP
nlauSc with which the soldiers greeted his
palr2otic aIIuSion to the readiness, Of the
men of Illinois 70 n,ht for the Union was
not acceptable to Senator boohttlc, who
ordered the galleries to be cleared. The
spectators We're. however, permitted to
Resume their seats with the understanding
that they were to remain quici, but every
one in the galleries and on the floor APP
roarrc nervous and uneasy.
RECEPTION OF VETO MESSAGE.
About half-paSt one Colonel Moore, one
of the Presidents military secretaries,
made his appearance with the large square
envelope containing the expected docu-
ment, and it was received and laid on the
table of the senate until Senator Yates
.hould have concluded his remarks.
1'hen a.er,bcrs OF the house began to
come over and to tahl seats on the settecS
around the senate chamber. S,l FREEZER
lex Bruce came in, bluff and hearty. and
Col. De RaaSlotf soon followed him.
Seycr., heads of bureau made their ap-
pearancc, and Senator Yates had a bril-
liant audience during the concluding half
hour of his noble and true speech. But
While all listened to the patriotic utter
anccs Of the senator from Illinois it was
very evident that all were waiting to hear
the message.
At last the senator ceased. the consld-
Grafton OF the question before the senate
was postponed, and the secretary rose to
read the message. Either the writing was
no, plain. or the reader did not fancy
what the President had written, for he
bogggled over it badly. i'ut there was no
nlistakins what was meant. 1t was not
only Il dis%ppfoyal of the ireedmen's bu-
reau hill, but an arraienment of congress,
coupled with the very significant statement
that the President can employ the land
and naval forces of the country to over
come instruction. or to overcome obstruc-
ten, to Ike laws. Nearly half an hour
was consumed i'll iiie message, which was
listened TO with marked attention. al
though many brcws We're knit and many
countenances bore an unusually strong
and determined expression. When the
reading was concluded there was loud
applause iron. the gentlemen's gallery, fol-
lowed by Kisses. lie pres.ding officer
(Senator FOSTER ordered the gallery 10
be cleared, and this time ti,e order was
executed Then there was pause. and
- remained to be seen whether the senate
would, by Il lSo.th;rds vote pass the bill
over the veto. The members Cf The house
who were present declared that. If the
senate would thus pass the bill, the house
would do the same, and it would be placed
on the statute tovk before sunset.
Senator Lane, to the as,o,sshment OF
many, arose and moved to print the mes
sage and to postpone its consideration un-
til tomorrow.
3, Senator McDousal sustained him. bl,:.
the senate divided the motion. The prop
osltion to print the message was passed ;
but on the postponement there was d,vi-
SION Many believed that could a vote
be taken at once there would be exactly
''"s necessary two-thirds Of the senators