New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-23

vetoed by inc president, but, 1t VIII be recol-
lected was immediately passed over the veto
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wen as TO show the madness Of the hour, and
the rnanswerable objections To fine measure
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We PiplISn III lull lhe teAt OF the veto message
which the President sent to Congress.
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The VETO MESSAGE.
A careful examination of the hill paesed by the
two Houses Of Congress- entitled " In act to con
tinue in force and to amend an net to establish
bureau for the relief Of freedmen and refugees
and for other purposes' has convinced me that
the legislation which it nrouoses would not be
consistent with the welfare of the country and
that ii falls clearly within the reasons ASSIGNED in
my message of the 18th of February last, return.
ing without nv sipnatnre similar message which
originated ia the Senate 1t is not my purpose to
repeat the objections which then urged-they
are all vet fresh in your recollectOns and can be
readily examined as part of the records of one
branch of the national legislature Adherinp to
the PRINCIPLES set forth il that message now re-
affirm them, and the line of policy therein indi-
Gated. The only ground npOn which this kind of
legislation can be justified ia that of the
warmaking power. The act, OF which this
bill is intended as amendatOry was passed
during the existence of tie war. By
Its own provisions it Is to terminate within
one year from the cessation of hostilties and the
declaration of peace it s therefore yet in exist
enCe and il is likely that it will continue in force
as long as the freedmen nav require the benefits
of its provisions 1t will certainly remain in opera
ton as a law until some months subsequent to the
meeting oil the next session Of Congress, when, If
experience shall make evident the necessity of ad-
ditionaI legislation, the two Houses will have
ample time to mature and pass the requisite
measures. IN the meantime the questions arise
why shDuid this measure be continued beyond the
period designated III the original aet2 and why in
ftTTD anil ltit VI I.t,
created 10 toLnue until each State shall be fully
restored in it, constitutional relations to the gov
eminent ana shalI be daly represented in the Con
gIess Of the United Statps2 Ii was manifest with
respec. to the act approved March q 1866, that
prudence aud wisdom alike required that iurisdc-
tiol oyer all cases concerning the free enjoyment
of the immuuities and rights Of citizenship, as
vel az the protection of person ana property
should be conferred upon some tribunal in every
State or district where the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings was interrupted BY the re-
beliun and until the same should be fully restored.
AtthAt time therefore, an urgent necessity
listed for the passage of such law. Now the war
has substantially ceased. The ordinary course Of
judicial proceedings is no longer interrupted. The
courts both state and federal, are in full, com
pleie and successful operation, and through them,
every person regardless Of race or color is en-
ttIadto and can be heard The protection granted
tl The white citizen is already conferred by law
On the freedman, Strong and stringent guards,
BY way Of penalties and puushments, are thrown
aOuud his person and property, and it is be
Heyed that ample protection will be afforded
hin by the process Of law without resort to
the dangerous e8pedent Of military tribunals
NOW that the war has been brought to close,
the necessity no longer existing for such tri-
buHas, which had their origin in the war, grave
objections tn their continuance must present
themselves to the minds Of all the rejecting and
dspasaiunate. Independently Of the danger in
representative republics of comforting upon the
military, id time Of peace, extraordinary powers,
80 carefully guarded against by the patriots and
statesmen Of the earlier days of the republic, 50
frequently the ruin Of governments founded upon
the same free principles. and subversive Of the
rights and liberties of the citizen, the question of
practical economy earnestly commends itself to
the consideration of the aw-makiag power. With
an immense debt already burQeniug the incomes
Of the industrial and labOring classes, due regard
for their interests, 50 inseparably connected with
the welfare of the country, should prompt us to
rigid economy and retren:hment, and influence US
to abstain from all legislation that would unneces-
aariy increase the public Indebtedness; Tested
by this rule of sound political wisdom, can see
no for the establishment OF tbe military
jurisdiction . conferred upon the olhclais OF the
bureau BY me fourteenth section o. the Dill: by
the laws OF the United states ana OF the dlhereht
States, competent courts federal and state, have
been established and are now IN lul! Pracucal
operation by means OF these clVil tHbu'
malls, ample redress Is aHorded Tor al private
wrongs, whether tp the person or the property Of
the cuzen, without denial or unnecessary delay
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