Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-06
The Ohio Union Press on the Presi-
daaf'G Veto Message


We have been at considerable pains TO
ascertain the position of the various Mol
Journals Of the State in reference to the
issue recently made between Congress
and the President by the veto message,
and have kept q classified list of those Of
them which we have had an opportunity
70 observe. We find that an overwhelm-
ing majority of them declare in no
equivocal tones in support of the position
Of Congress and in manly opposition to
the Presidents policy. Of the sixty
three Union papers whose opinions
We have noted, torty-sis, or
more than t~wo-thirds, speak out IN
radical and indignant protestation
against the Presidents course, and in IN
equivocal support of Congress- nine ONE
out in ahalting, hesitating and shame-faced
support of the President, while nine more
expend their energies in counselling har-
mony and peace, without taking definite
position on either side. The papers which
have declared against the Presidents poll
ey are the Cincinnati Gazette, the Cincin-
Rati Times, the Columbus Journal, the
Toledo Commercial, the ~Sandusky Regis
ter, the Springfield Republic, the Dayton
Journal, the Marietta Register, the Mac-a-
cheek Press, Lebanon Star, B~ellefOntaine
Republican, Ashtabula Sentinel C%Onneaut
Reporter, Warren Chronicle. Summit
County Journal, Elyria Democrat, Lorain
County Neus, Gesuga Democrat Mahon-
ing Register, Salem Journal, Salem Repub-
Eean, Delaware Gazette, Belmont Groni-
Gle Newark American, Stark County Re
publican, New Lisbon Buckeye STATE, Han
cock Jefersoniar, Perrysburg Journal,
Ironton Register, Fremont Journal Noble
County Republican, Perry County Weekly
Morrow County Sentinel, Ottawa County
Union, Steubenville Herald, Eaton Regis
ter, Clinton Republican, Carroll Union
Press, TuEcarawas Chronicle, Mansfield
Herald, Ashland Times, BucyruS Journal,
Georgetown National Union, Wauseon Re
publican, Plymouth Advertiser, and Cleve-
land LEADEKzorty-sis in all. Over
against this magnificent array of indepen-
dent and libertyloving journals stands the
following list Of so-called Republican
sheets which support the Presidents veto
message; the Cincinnati Commercial the
Cleveland Herald, the Toledo Blade, the
GAINESVILLE Courier, the Summit County
Beacon, the Medina Gazette, the Canton
Repository, the Lancaster Gasette, and the
C~ircleville Union-niHs in all. The fol-
lowing balance, pretty nearly perfectly,
on the fence: the Tuscarawas Adreeate,
Coshocton Age, the Henry County Signal
the Shelby Journal the Wooster Rcpubli-
can, the Portage County Democrat, the
gainesville Telegraph, the Ashtabula Tel
e5raph, and the Highland Ns,0s-Lumber-
ing nine. Quite a number Of Union
weeklieI have not as yet made any ref
erence to the subject others have failed
to reach our exchange table. It is fair
however to presume that the same pro-
portion maintains among them as those
which we have chronicled.
1t is only Just to add that not one of the
papers which we have enumerated as sup
porting the Presidents veto message, with
the exception of the Cleveland Herald is
shameless enough to approve the Presi-
dents speech of the 12nd uRt. From such
trucking meanness as that we gladly exon
crate them.