The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-02-24
Freed N ana. ssarenu lsiliy VeaOed
by the President -


by the President. ~
President johnson has vetoedsihe Freed
mems Bureau Bill. the FIRST Of the long serie
OF radical measures proposed TO be :.!op 81
By the present Congress, the object Of which
Is to Keep the Southern Statessout of the I'm
ion, ard to insure the ascenlency Of the Re
publican parry until after the next Presiden
tiali election. The veto of this bill reaii,
includes the rest, for all having the sam,
ohjec, in view-all being. equally drecte,
against the Presidents policy IF an earl,
rcconstruetion of the Un,on-all are open t.
the same insaperabe objection.
This veto thea. denotes a final and irrepsr
able breach between the president and tn,
radicals. This was their pet measure-th,
one by W lich, more than am O. her, they hoped
sotoexasperate and annoy the southern state:
rs ID drive them into acts that would rendel
the refusal to give them representation capa
bic Of excuse aal Justification. before the
people. Hitherto the war between the Pres
ilent and the radicals has been but snothereG
and runih!iug thunder -hencefo forth it Will b.
furious volleys Of muskeiry and deafenne
artillery Charge @s-
In such a contest, there is but one course
open to the patriotic, conservative masses
They must rally around the Presilen-. The
people rose in their night, crushed til rebel
lion, and as they believed, restored the Union.
When they find that a party in Congress is
a6o-.Eg TO defeat that restoi atior-to prolong
bitterness and stritc--aHd 10 keep tie states
discor'iant. discovered, he!gerent-they will
Ui:ito as one MAJ IN telling these radicals. as
Andrew johnson has told them, that they
must get out OF the way As TO the patio ,lar
b'il vetoed. 1t was monstr6us measure. We
ind the Presidents message too lengthy for
insertion to-day bat We shall undertake. by n
brie! synopsis, - Indicate how perfectly the
President exposes its enorn,ities. HIS obiec
uons are not TO any piticular portion of the
bill, bat he Condemns 1t III toto
He commences by laying stress upon tie fact
tia. the whole consideration of the subiect i
at present Unnecessary and impoltic The
present Freedmen bureau bill still in force
ami quite adequate to the purpose. The bill
Is uncansrItutional. 4 Il establishes military
jurisdiction oser all parts of the country where
freedmen are to be found, placing egen,s
erywhere, BIZ whom white men charged
with depri7ing freedmen of any privileges or
lmmunities belonging to whit. persons, NAV
be tried, imprisoned, fined, &C., without the
n;erveation Of Al yssf those rights recared to
al parsons by the cons,ita;ian AMI common
Ias", TO confront the witnesses against them
and 70 hava q public and impartial trial by
a J'r, OF his peers, &c. fla, any time, such
mi I lEE powers could only be exercisedin TING
Of actu:l war, ard the president denies that
ANYTHING like n state Of hostiliiies now exists.
ne bill IS again unconstitutional in pro-
posing to support and educate the freedmen
ny buying lands, building school houses and
hospitals for them. Congress never imagined
heretofore that it ma such powers hevoi.,l the
District of Columbia. /. has never founded
snhnnIs CO.. r'I;., ..t;Il--.--- pr,-,,i<
may have been the claims of families of
disabled soldiers and seamer. and i, In, rev
er deemed itself competent to rent or purchase
houses Tor the millions ofthe white race who
are toi!ing from day to DAY in poverty and
vretche'iness. Snch system was never cons
temp.ated BY the trainers of TIE coustit.-
ton.
The President objects to the immense pa,
Fona9e the bill would confer on the eyecu,i-e
1t would give him the appointing n. and con. |
'rof OF f'ar or sva thousand officers, backed |
by a military force. aed located in every |
County or: ,risii in the Union.
The fifth section proposes TO consscats
certain lands tthe sea IslanIs) without any
lee "a proceedings first had-whic;I is dearly
N opposition to the Plain letter of the CON.
s;itution
lee Prssiden, objects 10 the bill again on
The ground of the bad effect it world bav,. q,
the freedmen themselves. tending to keen
them unsettled in mini. and dependant, @,
-hc' government stead of themselves fn-
support They should be strictly protected
IN aii-their civil rich,s BIZ the state and t-u;,
ied-States Courts. and for this congress can
21ahc aieFn'Vte provision but beyond this
he negro should be mainly cast upon Ills
1Tn resources. IS The white man is.
rid lastly, the President objects to the lii
N a;e sronad that it chiefly affects states
tat are without representation 10 Congress.
mo are heavily taxed 70 bear its enormous
x Pe''seS. which ne estimates ut forty or fify
while the constitution imncra,;velv
ecisres, III connection with taxation ,ba,
ic,' sthts shall! have representation. Hear.
ue5 his matter of representation. at some
'nc.n, telling the senate AMI house en,b,,. :
;'i'y tans lie war has ceased, and tha, the !
o;'t!'srn states ar, cnii led to e. joy their C.
iiiai:oras = sAts as members of the Union.
II: Is nu"ise ani dangerous he sars. ..tn ! 6
"Es,!e !. c""rsH OF measures which will mite +
u szshf2e sect nhn OF the country against s.no a
Aet section "l the country, 10 matter how ,
q Ica'he iaiter may ircdnninate The course .
I ,PiG'igrAiioh, the de.elep,neet OF indus,~y ,
u l-bns;li'.Ss, and itatur;: causes. will rni,, |
II -; si,s;h men as devoted to the I-nion ,s r
use oi any other part OF the land hat ;ri :
30 are all excluded from Congress-if. in J /
l''';n;,''en II state, they declared not tn ho
q f'f'f constitutional relations TO the country I
hcr i.say ttiah they have cause To become -
nIi III feeling and sentiment against the Go. I
ernn.eut.r =
liae- President therefore returns The bill - .
enate, concluding With the earnest hone tina, c
measure involving questions and interests :,
'saF,oIiant to the country will Lot become !
iS|, unl"ss, upon deliberate consideration Il
y tse.peepie. i, shall receive the sanct,o, Of 1T
II enlightened public judgment.
O
2nofE-r Cross Outrage by the 4
.sss-<- President!