The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-02-27

III I'D. Ash. r8I faras b j aas.ett rca
-. f43 IS seo e ater bus rs -eal
laes u.s. big al,h ) veto iaaslcd upon The
otiee va ,ha elesen slaies effected WsFe
no, Represented. aa eery daereat from
ttlI-aa C8aerts tlathe ahaald rsiase 70
ssu "a bills aGceliag those States anti
ibeir representative were submitted IN
Ills way IT, may have bol 4 30 make Cons
uess wed Is y.eus concerning he right
4 those States 10 representation. Theyt-
10 certainly bad lhas appearance ard ve
are glad llai Curgrtss met il q i did
Tibe President lal any such thought Tie
manner ia which hs objection was reeeis
81 by Congress and the loyal North will
perhaps lead him o1oreeothe experiment.
BY tbeicrms fihe ~Freedmea's Bureaa
Biz nov 10 operation, il is 10 continue 10
force one year aher The war. Mr.. Ray
mond IN his speech says, the message eX'
p~ressly states that for one year after peace
shall have been proclaimed By lin Or Con-
ares., the present Freedmen's Bureau Bul
ull lie Is tull and complete fleet aud that
after one years experience, Il it shall he
found necessary, Congress, which viii
then be ii session, can pass a law better
adapted 10 the stale Of affairs which shall
then exist Tie ms ssage expressly states
40 such ,hing The ucarest approach 10
il Il this. The ACT to establish . bureau
.or lie relief Of freedmen and refugees
~hicb was approved in the month ofMalcA
last, has not yet expired. Before it ceas-
e. to have effect, further experience may
assist 10 guide Us 70 a wise conclusion as
10 the policy to b. adopted in time Of
peace Ii is to be hoped bat Sir, Ray
n,onds quotations are generally more &C.
nrate. The people will probably be IN
able % gather from the word. Of the Pre-.
ideut an understanding that he was TO con-
tinue 10 execute the law a in full force
till one year after be had proclaimed The
war at an end. Had iii. been one Of the
reasons which influenced The President
mind, it would nave appeared in his mes
sagr without the aid Of Mr.. Raymond's
yety Tree rendering. Bun we have ano'h-
er reason Cor believing that Mr.. Raymond 5
Construction OF that sentence is quite dit.
ferenl from uhat pas inienued by The writ
err: il is entirely al variance with The whole
theory Of the message. Secretary Seward
gives the same reason for the veto, and
says Tie President holds that the war Of
rebellion has been coming aud 5 still com,
ing to al end, but IS not yet fully cos d.
Tie President may huee held such an
opinion on Thursday, but he evidently did
mol on Monday. In one part q The mes
sage lr discusses the question whether We
are sun In u state OF war and decides that
we are not. In other places, both in dis
cassing the e%fieeliveness Of The old bureau
and lie right Of The Southern States 10
representation, be refers to The country as
know Sin a lime Of peace" The Prcsi lent
yeloes the bill because we are at peace,
aad the Secretary sustaius tie veto because
we arc at war. Tie President objec,s 10
the action Of Congress because peace is
fully restored walle tie Secretary can
only suslai The action ofthe President OF
The surposition thai the war still continues.
70 prove tLat the President regards the
war as still going on, Mr.. Seward refers to
the fact HAT he still suspends the wit OF
ha5eas corpus aud exercises martial law IN
the Southern States. Here we have de-
yeloped not only a difference between the
President and the Secretary, but an in
consistency between the Presidents theo-
~ and his practice. He violates HE the.
Dry which lie urges upon Congress, every
day of bis existence. lie exercises an au-
tborily in those States which even Secre-
tary Seward can only justify upon the
ground that they are not July restored, and
at the same time ure, Congress 10 treat
them as fully restored. He annuls their
laws through the headquarters Of his gen.
erals, aud asks Congress TO treat them as
! sovereign States Of the Union. II the
President has a right to prevent their pass
ing laws Tor themselves, bias not Congress
a right to prevent their passing laws for
The country? II the President can only
protect the loyal citizens Of certain States
By the exercise Of the war power, can he
say that peace and civil authority are ALLY
restored And if The war Is not yet fully
closed, a. Stewards words and the Presi
dents actions declare, why are tue States
wlio participated in il entitled to repr-se y
,ationi liza proclamation Of the Presi-
dent is necessary to close thu war in con.
temptation Of lax, why should the Presi-
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