The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-20

ue0i was ODDOhoU 10 tnlf important NotI
singular rcumstanco when contrasted with the tact
thai the staunchest, most self sacI1dcng, aud most
Influential patrols m ,ho land rem lined IN Amos.
totaI igDoiaree of his intention nearly up TO the
moment when his veto was received.
4 W lite at 100 late an hour to specify the points
thai nie ested IN opposition 10 his mcssaeei one
Will suffice The allegation that eleven Staos OF tins
Union bre unroprese tod in Congress, and that
their alb eDce when tins bill was vass
is one OF the evidences of lis injustice
and uDconsit itutionality, aud that their
prctence is essential 10 Qive legabty and force
to leeslaton, IT IL pro es anythns, proves tnat All
tho inn 0rtant legislation OF the past iour years, M
fenced TO cave aud o rescue the Republic aad to
tonai. lbe patriotic people of the Unitod states
must now look TO their Con ress Fortunate ior
IN stern array arOunG { escued nbertol OF ths
Utioni but IL they are expected to complete the
famed and strenptHeDed by the people lhe Presi-
oont has raken his appeal TO the peoples now let
Congress 80 with him TO th1r great constituency"
The Age commends the action, and utters
a sepi-exultant shout, as follows:-
YESTERDAY afternoon tue intelligence reached US
that the PTesOent had vetoed the Froedmen's
bureau bill. This announcement noo1StOned pro.
found sensation in our CITY, as tw!ll naturally do
throughout ihe country As the veto message con-
tains a distinct and emphatic enuncaton OF she
PRESIDENTS policy upon the subject OF roconstr1c.
ton, IL will be read with intense interest the
American people. That i. will exercise a pOwpifn
influence IN the future shaping OF uarties there IS
Lot The slRhitst st DOUBT; and antoss zoe are greatly
deceived, d piH reoeiUe the unqWGiyesd sIectio of
those Uho ieok 7Dih nest toR1ng for that peaceful
TeStOTdtion 1Dhich tDW open to The Union path
Of 0IO'y and pTospeTHy."
The Ledger omits all mention, editorially,
OF the fact OF the veto.
The New York Daily Ne,0S (Copperhead
ard 4-11-44), commends the veto warmly
1t says:-
NO act of the President has pratIfed us 80 much
fone has given Us 50 much oobhdonce IN .hi5!Datri-
ousm ano integrity. ne has Inc Ined us to trust
so hopefully 60 h's wisdom and his staJe5manshp
to guide the countrv safely thTouOh the dangers with
which the madness the Radicals still surrounds Il
at one bounO ne has risen 10 tho height of his Great
opportunity, and demonstrated MS devotion to tho
ernment which no enumerated so distinctly in his
ADnua Message and W. ich he so sirklngly reIte-
rated III his interview wtu The Virginia delegation,
bpt a Few days ago.
''He does not return tho bill on account of any
trhing objections TO Its deaIls out because
essentially unconstitutional, unnecessary nnpolihc,
oanPcrOus 10 tie liberties OF the people ruinouS
the freedmen, and unjust to the prop'e OF the
South
"No part Of the mpssage deserves or will attract
more attention than thaC in winch the Presldeny
CIaJ es that tine Rebellion be ng at ouu and the
Southern SAFES having done all that tuey could to
eStai Esh ther elahons 10 the United states. have
been already July restored and that cons queuty
lie teois it TO 20 ls duly to recommend 10 Con 'ress
IN the WteTe Is V peace and IN he interests Of the
Union, 'he d6 SS!oa of eVery State to its share Of
public iegistation'
The World, the leading organ Of the
Democratic party, says
"rrcsident JOHNSON las nob'y su famed his char
acte s,eadIness D pun, oSe ana poIucll COURAGE
n the veto he sent 10 the senate Yester5 ay OF tho
bill for eDlarglDg the powes Of tie Freedmen'S
Bureau he Veto Message Is document such
grave sequence that 1t Will be- attentvey lead by
ali who take an interest in public affairs We will
not Impair tue ogency OF 3 arsumen's oy anv at
tempt at abiid ement IC IS due alike the Presi
deht and tine SUBJECT that h,s reasoning should be
careUAy weighed Ill the language " hich he has
seen fit 20 prcssnt it.
Utter. leung IT as it has always heretofore bean
understood he has that firm conf
own Judgment winch marks Il mind o. more than
ordinary stronetn, and staunch honesty of pur-
pose which no c8mor oil an organized multitude
can shake. The greatest act OF General JACKsoN's
lilewas veto ana President JOHNSON has SHOWN
an honest lntrepdit hat is truly JaoGsonlan, and
W be eqIaHv sustained DV the people, when they
Lnde stand 10 true merits of the question.
Neither JEFFEhsoN nor JACKSON, our TWO great
Democratic fresidents assertet with such fear
less tide ny ringing EN- pha'is the FUNDAMENTAL
principles OF cvl' liberty as President Johnson has
ooLe tins message: for no occasion arose under
their administrations calling for such vigorous de-
tense of al that tTeemen hold ar. Il is truly
vving, after what the country has gone THROUGH for
tine last five yeas, to tho haDeas corpus, trial by
jury. and other invaluable rights Do div asserted
by the President the Unlted states. Some tauatIc
OF the 1uAD. STEVENS stripe sa d in tho first year
OF the war thar the Constitution must be rolled up
aud lald away til after its close President JOHN
SON has CakeD ii down and unrOled 1t; and wnaJ is
more he has the good faith to acknowledge that it
means whatiI says"
The Times Conservative Union) says:-
"The country will not be taken by surprise in d.
Freedmens Bureau Bill. The veto implies no essen.
TIA dInelence opinion BET Weep the Executive and
the majority IN Congress on the primary object OF
the bill.
he whole tone OF tho Message, however shows
that the Executive authority vail not be lnterpOs
to prevent tie enactment of any measure yhIch.
without over1hrowing the existing civl jursdicuon
The courts shah insure 10 tne emancipated class
AZ the South complete and effective protection Ill
tnelT newly acquired rights.
"In no essential point is the President at variance
elrher with The majority in CongreSs or with the
concerned. He seeks to reach the end aimee at In
the oed bit by other aud-what he deems ess
Iadlca agencies. 1t will, theref be for Congress
aud the eounIry to WePh carefully tho obiectlons
o1eTeu and at least to respect VI they cannot as
sent "a tine reasons on which the Executive veto Is
based"
The Herald says:-
'1he f, eeG mems Bureau bill has, at the hands of
President JOHNSON, met wnh the late which 1t de-
served. He has with its objections, sent It back tO
The Senate-the body in which 1t orPlnated-he has
gwen IL the veto, and a very broad, strong, COM
JrohepsVe, al emphatic veto u IS de is opposed
10 the bull, root and branch He objects 10 it on
constitutional grounds, and on grounds OF exped-
ency.
event the issue is ut length made between the Ad-
mn stI alton and the radical iRcton Oh Congress
| between PreslGent JOHNSON and lHADDEUs
| sTEVENs-aId there is no o'ner alternative Ihe
trap hIch il was hoped wou catch the President
has lacd. He takes his position regardless or the
apparent odds against him. 1t VIII now be The Pame
OF the radicals TO 40 without him. and 10 weaken
/ HIM IN every possible way. To tins end we are
surprised near that they are lnoustr ousiY IN
| triguing TO WIN over General GRANT ffom the Ad,
mInistIation. We guess, however that Gene raj
GRANT wi be alb o 10 take care of himself The
lssucis now upon III Fleeamens Bureau bill. Il 1t
Is lost the ba tlG enCed oLce but II me bill IS
! passed over T. veto the fght - Just uegun. AS
| between President JOHNSON and IFADDEUs STE
| VEINS, we canlot doubt the tina VIC orY, Whatever
may be the course Of the prosein Ongress ior the
| country is with the Admi aisratIon"
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