The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-21
President Johnson a cordial and earnest en-
dorsement Of his veto message.

TIE FREEDMEN's BUREAU Bill IN CON-
MRcIAL AND FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEw.-The
President says In his admirable veto message
| of the Freedmen's Bureau bill, T" Let us not I'M
necessarily disturb the commerce and credit
and industry Of the country by declaring to
! the American people and the world that the
United States are still in condition Of civil
war. At present there Is no part Of our coun-
| try In which the authority Of the United States
Is disputed. Offences that may be committed
by individuals should not work forfeiture Of
the rights Of the same communities. The ooun-
| try has entered on or Is returning to state Of
peace and industry, and the rebellion Is in
fact al an end The measure, therefore, seems
to be as inconsistent with the actual condition
of the country as 1t Is at variance with the con-
stit.ntion Of the United States" And again In
snothv place he says, "The condition Of our
fiscal aGAirs is encouraging; but, In order to
sustain Tho present measure Of public con-
ldenoe, IL a necessary that We practice not
merely customary economy. but ~ Gar as pos
sble severe EetrenOhment"
These sound viewy Of q practical statesman
will be contrasssd by the people with tho wild
theories and reckless legislation Of a radical
Congress, and they will be thankful that the
country Is blessed with man for President
who has the sagacity and nerve TO do bis duty
in this case. The President remarked that tho
Freedmen's Bureau under the present bill
would cost the country twenty-three millions
year, more than the whole cost Of the govern
ment at the time Of the second Adams. This
estimate Of Mr.. Johnson isprobably too low.
The cost is more likely TO be- thirty millions, if
we consider the temptation the bill Offers to
the host of agents it creates to handle and
spend the government money without limit
This is monstrous feature of the bill; but the
cost to the country in other ways, in keeping
It unrestored and in q state of agitation and
uncertainty, in paralySing industry. in with
holding the valuable productions Of the South,
In embarrassing the finances of the government
and country, and In breaking down our credit
both at homo and abroad, would be enormous
Tho cost to the country in this point Of view
might be reckoned by hundreds Of millions
If this Freedmen's Bureau bill, just vetoed by
the President, should become law by passing 1t
over the veto, we need not think of returning to
specie payments during the present generation.
Are the people prepared to submit 10 such
reckless. and ruinous legislationf We are con-
WINGED they are not, and If Congress should
pass the bill every member who may vote for
i will incur . fearful responsibility.
A Coop OPPORTUNITY FOR Thu PRESIDENT TO
CHANGES HIS CABMEf.-Presiden johnson, who
has the 1rmness nerve and many other quail
ties Of jackson, should follow the example Of
his illustrious predecessor, and make q clean
change In his Cabinet Old Hickory was an.
noyed by the 'intrigues and differences among
Eaton figured 90 oonspicuously, and he made
short work Of the trouble by Diminishing all but
one. Mr.. johnson, who Ia more harrassed by the
intrigues and insidious opposition Of his Oabi-
net, and on far more important matter, ought
70 sense the present opportunity to form now.
one. Tho issue ON tho Freedmen's Bureau bill
will mako great changes, and at once, in the
relations between the President and the p0-
litioal parties Of The day, and he should have
Cabinet In conformity with these changes. II
b quite evident now that his present Cabinet
gives him no political strength, and. in fact,
weakens his administration. The members Of
1t either have no weight with Congress, or, II
they have, they use It against him. He has the
will and frmness-t TO do whatever he thinks b
right, and We think he will find 1t both right
and expedient 10 give Mr.. Marplot Stanton and
The other radical. or useless members Of his
Cabinet NOTICE to.quit without delay.
Tue RADICAL JOURNALS IN Foo ABOUT THH
VEro.-The Tribune and Times appear TO be In
complete perplexity about the Presidents veto
of the Freedmen's Bureau bill In their articles
upon this question they are buffeting about
| like men in the dark seeking for something
tangible 10 lay hold Of whereupon to base a
reasonable opposition to the document Their
| inclination tends towards Wholesale condemna-
ton, but the torso logic. practical common
sense and sound patriotism Of the message
stand a. formidable obstacles In the way. Tho
radical journals may be said to be 10 the pre-
dicament Of Launoelot Gobbo In the play, be-
tween his conscience and the iend. "Budge
nop Tin opposition to the veto), says conscience.
"Budge," says the fiend of radicalism. Greeley
Is butting his head against q stone wall, as is
his favorite custom. His argument, IL the
misty exhalstion oan be called such, Is but n
repetition Of the noisy cry Of "On to Rich
mond" with which he used TO amuse the coun-
try during the war. But in knocking bis head
against President Johnson's stone wall he has
got At the idea that the Freedmen's Bureau bill
IL "a blind and roundabout way Of doing JUS
ticc" to the negro, and that the slave does not
want "coddling and petting." Bnt Greeley
arrives ct the sage conclusion that whatever
| wron0r or iudirnities the blacks may be sub