The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-02-27
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4 few days since = Freshmen bureau
bin. designed Is extend NE operations q
lie bl oop Is force. passed both Houses
IL Congress b. nearly . i~hres4oorhs ma.
jafty. On MONDAY Of last week Che Pres
,ieEt returned ,be bin 70 the Senate, With
4 message containing BIS objections 70 the
-propesed law. Go Tuesday the Senate at
trmptcd 10 pas tie bll over the Press.
deaf. ,eia. bat failed ~ two votes 70 obs
tain tie requ .iie tNo mrls On The sam.
day. ID .he House q Representatives Ar.
Stevens from he committee o. reconsirnc-
ion. introduced q coacurrent resolution,
thai no senator or Representative from
any Of Tie States which have been deelaf-
Cd N iusurreruyn shall Be admitted MIC
eaAer brarcl IF Congress, until Congress
shall have declared such States entitled q
representation. THIS resolution passed
the House, under the operation Of the pre-
yious question, BY a vote Of lo9 70 AZ,
Raymond aud a frw others voting with the
Democrats. On Wednesday Mr.. Garfield
eaused 10 BE- read in tie House a telegram
announcing that The Union members Of the
Ohio legislature, assembled in caucus, had
unanimously passed a resolution sustaining
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the action Of the Union rrpresen adyes %
Congress. Other State legislatures have
since taken similar ground. On Thursday,
pu.uant 10 a cab Published in tue New
York Times, 4 meeting to sustain the Pres
dents veto was held IN Cooper lusjtate,
and addressed by Secretary Seward, Hen.
nv j. Raymond aud others. On lie same
day a. similar meeting was held % Wash
inaton. and was addressed by Montgomery
Blair, S. $. Cox. Trinble 81 Kentucky,
Rogers Of New jersey, McDousal Of Cali
fornia. and others. At the close OF the
meeting a procession was form d and pro-
ceeded 10 lie Executive Mansion, when
President johnson appeared On the steps
and spuae in defence Of his act on. II y
bat iu,t 10 ihe President 70 say th1t while
there was little ~ he msnneroi biz speech
to please bis true friends, there was Little
ia its matter to please tho pretended
friends BY whom he was surrounded.
Had the President confined his obJec-
lions 10 the specific provisions Of the bill,
lis veto would lave caused lille co uno.
ton. While it j. evident from the large
maiorilics BY which the bill was passed
that il was considered comparatively free
from Objectionable features, il was not 70
be expected that law Of that nature could
he framed IN a manner satisfactory to a u.
| Not an the Senators and Representatives
who voted for lie bill were entirely pleas
ell with all its provisions. But they cou.
,idered the evils which il was designed 10
remedy OF too serious a Eaiure 70 admit Ok
further delay in he vain effort 20 frame q
bill whose every provision would be who'll
~ free from o objection. Had the President
shown a similar willingness to yield slight
differences Of opinion for The sake Of work
ing tremendously with Congress for the
accomplishment Of a great end, there Is no
doubt that the members oil the two Houses
would have exercised rs much Chart, IN
satisfying his sciuples as They did ia Sc
curing agreement among themselves. But
The President no, only found fault with the
specific provisions Of that bill, but with the
general tendency Of all such legislation
Three. fourths Of bis argument applies With
~ great force TO the law now in operation
as to the law jus: vetoed. The message
seems to indicate au utter lnsensibiliiy 70
the need Of that protection and maintain
ance which the nation considers il has
pledged TO The freedmen. lis hafd 10 De
leye that that message was written by the
man Who not long ago spoke Of the freed
men as the wards Of ths nation, whom the
Govern tnenl was bound to care for. And
We cannot understand hoW Secretary Sew.
aid can sustain that veto on general prin-
eiples. when the proudest act Of bis Iona
ava e~ventiuI lite was TO insert in tie proc.
lamaiion If emancipation, 10 the clause by
which he Government pledged Itself is
recognize the freedom 81 the emancipat
Cd persons, tie words "ASD N~AISrAIN.'
But by lar The mes, important portion
OF .be veto message Is thar which refers {
the question u representation. The Pres
idenl ufgcs as a neasoa why that bll shout,
net become d Jaw .hc fac, that Il was pass
"a while the eleven States particularly ef
lec,ed BY Il aele not represented III
thinks lie original Frceimea's Bareai
BIZ vas necessarily passed ID their do
senee, because sbose States we're then con
-taaaacioasly gag ] IN rebellion. WbJ
the iaes that tAese States afe SID eoaia
m~aeioua,y devoted To ibc caase q ihe r