Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-04-13

from and after its publication in the
Iowa State Register and Iowa Home
stead, newspapers published at Des
Moines, Iowa. f.....
Andrew Johnson on VctOes.
In 1859, both Houses Of Congress pass
cd the homestead bill by more than q
two third vote. President Buchanan
vetoed the bill, and when 1t was return
Ell, Andrew Johnson, then a Senator,
discussed the conduct of the President
in the following choice terms:
AN EXEcrIvE VETO A SMALL AFFAIR.
Notwithstanding the veto message
upon this homestead bill Is long one,
and presents many arguments and state
ments as reasons for the veto, am free
to say that the message has not wrought
the slightest change in my mind. The
fact of these reasons being sent here by
the President of tho United States, il Is
true, entities them to consideration !;
but their solidiGy and soundness are to
be examined just the same as II they
had been presented by anybody else !;
aud the mere fact of President of the
| United States vetoing u bill makes no
change i'm my mind as to its propriety
and consttutionality, unless he presents
reasons and arguments which, Ii pre-
sentcd by others, would have the same
effect. .-.. ..a 49,. .E
A PERSONAL sLAP At OLD BUCK.
The argument upon the unconstitu-
tionaitly by thc..Presidcnt is simply alb
surd, not to say ridiculous, after the
long established usage of the Govern
ment, receiving the sanction of nearly
every President of the United StateS.---
Gen. Jackson earnestly looked
| forward to the day when the public
lands would cease to be a source Of pub
| lie revenue, and pass into the hands OF
the honest cultivator. 1t was his anX-
ious desire for the time to come when
every head of family in the United
States would be domiciliated, and have
children. Whether considerations so
rational, so humane, SO Christian have
ever penetrated the brain OF one whose
| bosom has never yet swelled with
emotions for wife or childrcn, is for all
enlightened public to determine.
HOW SENATORS SHOULD TREAT VETO.
| always have Il respect for u man who
fills the place of the President of the
| United States, irrespective of party, and
it would be very natural for me to have
'h'.e iI'pSo. vi /" i.'i"Sho w my Wv
p.' pHnt d,n .i ~, ~, 1,u re. y, 'pPo''ir po,l.s
sno.,, in., .hnnrn hon 80 10 ,at,,r, @ on5 nha.
acter of great principles and truths Pr
Does it make wrong right, or right
wrong? If there is great fundamen-
tai principle in this measure, connected
| with Government and the great cause
of humanity, the fact that he withholds
his approval does not change my opin-
witb fnrtv .asist,nts to ,yr;t. n,,t ~
roo. Wo,,lJ stanI hv this Hi omd
rivn n tho snnctio, of nv vote and snn.
mort F
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Di''''iH, ~. ionn ~" n.N fo"'''"N
AM NAii' L VI oiii|HS9.
am constrained to say that | look
upon this objection to the bill as mere
quibble on the part OF the President,
anu as ociiiS haru presseu ior some eN-
measure: and his al llu.ionP Pr' to fnrei~pers @
i'm this counect,on Inoka tn mo mora
like the nI cnotoalu,n of the mere moi .
jtician and the damo"oy,e tban n crave
and sound reason TO- he ofIareL hv the
President of the limited States in ~ veto
message upon so i,nnortant n measure
as the homestead bill
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nave oiteh heard that THIS world Is
all Meeting show; that it Is constantly
changing; men are changing. These
are changing and revolutionary times.
/" ION, consistency! thou
art jewel! much to be admired but
,,ty ,ty ~ ~ pe tni,oi Inu Getn"Ps .ne lres,-
vanccd i'm life now to undertake the diff
f.,,, f,a nfa II ni,,iY 1.,C, Il
his inconsistencies, but the fact that he
is inconsistent, and changes his opinion
with reference to great measure and a
great principle, is no reason why q Sem
ator or Representative, who has acted
understandinyly upon his own deliber-
ate Judgment on IL measure that has
been discussed for fifteen years i'm Con-
gress and before the people, should
change his opinion.
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ne Ies'uen' oi Ino oni.eu o.a'es
to dictate to the Amer;caI neonin and
to the two Houses of Congress, I'm vio-
latlon OF the spirit, II not the letter, OF
the constitution, that this measure
should not become law. Why do l say
TINS ask IS there any di1ieren"e in
the spirit OF the constitution whether
measure ~ sanctioned by.a Two thirds
vote before 1ts passage or aiterward?
When a measure mas Deeil vetoed by
the resident, the constitution requires
that II shali be reconsidered ana passed
oy aI"o thirds vote, In ofdef 10 become
u law.
WHEN A VETO is IMPROPER.
p,t haro 4, ,ho .oo,,, ~ tho Exoc,,.
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tho s", n,i. III .he '.,;ne, otne ious leecilmg a,;g
tHe populdT seullI1leHB OI tIG 0atlOD, /,