, 1866-02-23
Comments of the New York preAs on
the PrcAlacutss Veto a1eksaEcs
From The n T. T.ihn-- .v.S u

we ean .ealdent johnson as our first Wit
-sss-though there arc many othcss-to the
flct that tic whites Of the South too generally
regard the blacks with contempt and ayerBion.
We think the President goes too far when he
asserts that the whites would rise again IN n
latter were admitted to equal political rights
with the former; but that an antipathy very
generally exists, Is beyond dispute Only
"make the negro know and keep his place.
under the heel of a naster-nnd the Southrons
like him as man Likes his dog Or wolf his
mutton but let the black seem to say, liam
man, and claim all the rights Of a man,"
and be becomes ''impudcnt, sfnsolent," !" pre-
sumptuous and every white Of the duelinE,
decP-dzinking, gambling class feels obliged to
"take him down" If segylle and cEinging,
he Is tolerated as useful implement; but lie
Is allowed none Of the rights Of humanity.
The late slaveholding class are kinder to
the blacks than the poor whites but too
many Of them feel sore, sad and savage about
these days. They went to war for the right
to carry elares everywhere !; they have come
out Of 1t with the right TO hold slaves no
where. So forcible an illustration Of the
Spanish aying that men sometimes 60 out
fore been given III lifetime. The late slave
holders will, In time, he friends Of the slayes ;
but 1t Is not reasonable TO expect this just yet.
Their slaves were the better part Of the prop
erty of many II not most Of them; and they
have bsen been ?TsRt tR away In. in IN i honr Il Is Is
pestncnce, or even run away for the beseayed
master sees his c1-slares about him daily,
happy as CLANS at high water, nud not at all
conscious that anything has been lost or any
calamity Incurred. The masters have SUBJ
mittcd 10 lnrtnciblc power but they do not
smItten them. They arc behaving rs well as
could be expected, but not, in many instances,
nearly SO well az could be wished.
The Frcedmen's Bureau Is the natlon's right
arm, gently hut firmly outstretchcd to keep
| the pcacc bet wccn these warning classes. It6
| blacks from famine, abnse and massacre. 2.
| To set them at Work. 8. To see that they nre
kindly treated and fairly paid for their labor.
It is gigantic enterprise and has achieved a
marvellous success. Hundreds of thousands
/ arc now Industrious and comfortable laborers,
with roofs over their heads and food In their
l cabins, who would have been prowllnE, thiev-
| ing, hunted, famishing yagnbonds In the ab.
| sence OF the Bureau. 1t has patiently and
generally disabused the blacks Of the notion
! ihat they arc 10 share their masters lands
! ind goods; 1t has planted schools, incu1cated
all the good that has 1ately befallen the South.
| II three million bales Of cotton are made this
year-and We judge that there will be-
the Frecdmcn's $ Bureau will hayc giSen US at
icnst one.thlrd Of 1t, worth not less than
s100, ,000, coo in gold.
/ yet the President has vetoed the bill pro-
eiding for the continuance and greater ell
cheney OF this Bureau. We deeply regret this ;
md We think he will i've to regret II cvcn
more keenly. For this veto will be under
stood by all that Is brutal and rn0Ian1y at the
South rs giving license to any abuse and op-
preston Of the blacks that white 1nnlisnfty
and rancorous hate can devise. It will bc un-
derstood ns a proclamation OF license to the
mcancr whites TO wrcak their malice or their
[ lust upon the hapless and betrayed blacks.
There IRE thousands Of innocent persons now
| living whom this veto consigns to q painful
death before The close Of the current year.
| OF course, the Freedments Bureau u anom-
a1ous. There Is no dispute as to that Nay,
| more: 1t indicates q blind, roundabout way
tice was with the Presidents consent) easier
and safer Three lines in the Federal Consti.
tuition abo11slins and nhibitine all laws and
ordinances that bestow or withhold privileges
because Of colol, would be worth several
Freedmcn's bureaus. Justice-Equal Rights
| The recognition of his manhood-these the
! cx-slnsc wants-not coddltng md petting. Say,
II you VIII, Tint he must rcad before he can
! vote; but then don't let white villains burn
his poor sehool-house. Say, ifyou viii, that he
must have property before be eau vote; bat be
very careful that the law secures to him al be
earns, and gives him every needed facility for
maintaining Ills rights. II you deny him the
/ right Of suffrage because Of his Ignorance,
look well 10 II That you donothing calculated
] to perpetuate that ignornnce. and that you
| iucitc hun to learn By protierlng him cuEiau-
chisement as The reward of his diligence and
| requirements. In short, make your laws
Tgidly Just, then abolish your soup-houses.
Mr. johnson has made grave mistake. lie
has relieved those who elected lin of Ereat