Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-27
THE PRESIDENTIAL VITO COMaIRErs OF
TAE PRESS.


but the tone Of the fsaA Hers, boa Dem
ortatic aud RePdbEicain, sttStsiu the Presi.
dent Henry Ward Besashsr, Eccentric ge-
MUS as be is. has ssiiihiounced himself broadly
and tquatSly IN favor Of the veto; and his
endorsement, so'tar Is the Hasmt9r ofhis fol,
lovers is'cchtcrned, is quite valuable. We
give be low extracts from Few of the leading
papers specially those of New York p :
-pzs-sf Frs;Et.z .i.e tSsssssYorl Posi-. 'tRep3l
ii"Congress will see at a yslariSe that these
are no frivolous but very solid objactie6s,
and while insisting upon the ineaShr.. itself
will no doubt uIodlt5. the sections. at which
they are levclled. The clauses of the bill
granting legal powers to the Commissioners
were borrowed fr0tl very bad precedent.
the Fugitive Slave law-and can be easily
changed so as TO render the agents of the
bureau responsible to the regular courts.
The tailitary provisioass of it rnss also be
restrained and softaifed; While those sections
Which turn the bureau into an elaeeafliosynary
establishment aud provide for education, &C.,
! oht to be forthwith stricken out. The ope-
ration of the whole scheme ought also to be
limited as to time.
We say that the eleemosynary and educa-
tional clauses ought to be stricken out ut once,
because on no principle of Law, justice, hi-
manity, or common Sense are such provisions
TO be approved. The freedmen. like every
other class '0t;''citfzens, must he protected in
their rights That is the one duty Ind SHe
fdneton Vt government; that the .sentinisnt
OF the whole North demands; that the. general
government mast do until the sentiment of
the ins'lrrcctiOnary States compel their local
governments to do it; but the freedmen are
! ont = NIL u
none which revoiutiOuize the entire theory
and practice of our institutions, and which
would convert them, not into an active, IN
duNtri"us. thriving. intelligent and useful
CLASS, but into body Of lazzaroni and pau
pcrs
The more Freedmen's Bureau we have the
less we shall have Of private effort VIII CHI Is
now doing SO wonderfully welk and which is
destined to do infinitely more The more
Frcedmcns Bureaus we have the less Ftc
shall have CT tree men among the late slaves.
C"n2tesS inlay preserve &hate yer is valuable
ihsthc new bill, and yet avoid the serious
and indeed fatal objections, which we are
gla the Pfc'dent has had the sagacity aud
hrmness to expose.
From the Ecw York Comm .rriAl. (Rcp)1
THE President takes avery proper stand
IN demanding that the safeguards established
by the Constitution shall NOT be broken down.
and thtt the formalitics deemed necessary 10
protect the innocent, to punish the guilty,
and to administer equal and exact Justice,
shall not be disregarded. lie cannot afford
to take the risk Of the acts of injustice that
would follow the cailUw and imperfect itsris-
prudence of TIE agents appointed to ell these
ihnuniernbIc places Established in onr- third
OF the States, aud dv6t &hUse detisioh there
is to b. no suPefSisio', by the Federal Courts
lie vetoes the bill because it is ut variance
with the Constitution aud With the condition
of the country. Here it is we'll to remember
that tie passage of the bill last March was
expressly urged on the ground that it was a
war measure. and the gravest doubts 4erc
then entertained whether it could be Sustain
ed as measure of peace. Custom has habi.
tuatcd Congress and the country to doubtful
policy. and now the objections Of Il Year ago
have grown obsolete and dill. Such is the
inevitable result of the MEASURES By With
the few steal power from the many
1t is worse than folly to demand
suffrage for the blacks and then feed aud
c!othe am! ednca:e thein at public cxTcnsc
Ii they are infants or incnpables they cammo,
DC suitable citizens. and it is an insult to the
ma"h""d of the African race to suppose that
1t needs these props aud supports"
tFrdIt The Few York (Demj Expire u
The ability aud dignity of the message
will strike all who read ii, however much
thEg ling differ With the President. Its
Feusduins is complete; 6hd will carry convic>
ton to all far minds. Faiatical aud bisoted
men who denouhce without hearing; and
vino cohdcmn the President in advance, OF
course, speak with t. cir minds made uo
against him. The true men OF the land who
love justice aid HGrcy. who respect good
0.fH md yTl,x ILL., L.
over, and that peace and good will should be
cultivated in place Of strife, will, of course,
stand by the President.
from the Trlbune.1
We deeply regret this, Cthe veto,) and
Think lie will live t6 fegret it even more
kcenly. For this Veto will be understood
10y all that is brutal aud rufianIy al. the South
as giving license to any abuse amd-6p7ressiou
OF tire Blacks that White malighit7 and
rancurUus hate can devise 1t will be under
stood aF 4 Proclamation t" the meanet Whites
to %relE their mdii.s Of theft list t:bot, the
h"pless or betrayed Blacks There are thou
sands Ot innocent persons now living whom !
this Veto c"usigus to a painful death before !
the close of the current year
Mr.. johnson has made a grave mistake. |
lie has relieved thu Sc @ho elected him of |
great responsibility by takingit on his own
shoulders. Hereafter, whatever wroneg- |
amy be inflicted upon or indignities suffered
by the Southern blacks W II be charged 10 |
the President, who has left them naked to
their enemies. Time will show that he has |
thereby precIuded TRUE and speedy resto.
ration Of the South and inflicted more lastiti:, |
misery OF her whites than ON her blacks.
Or the papers OF Baltimore; ths Sun
G"ze'fb, C"n,naerciuL and TRANsCRIPf sus-
tam the veto. The 4H1er'cun is left solitary |
and alone nits opposition thereto, though !
Of the PRESIDENT