The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-05

rights when denied BY Etoto authortloh freedmen
do much to relieve anxiety IN the north and induce
action and thereby many Of the obstacles 70
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After the bill was introduced and printed copy was
rSpoteS than he sSns s
Ereetmens BpTesp BILL he wHs Informed oi the con.
House, and hope expressed that II he had objections
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structve Of the measure that there was believed 10
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least direction to any q tho provisions o. the pill "
himseIiP The Bill was framed, as was supposed : in
entire harmony with his views end certainly in har.
in protecting freedmen in their civil rights all through
II wss strictly limited to the protection Of the siv
rights belonging 70 every freedman the brthreht Of
ferrng interfering with political rights or privileges
Of any kind The bill neither eo1fers nor ebrdges The
t9srs St ssS a S Hp eS s AZ Glasses Of
ssts beOngs 1Sds sPfESsc Ees Cone
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P this Il ,Ss & its Laws shall S RS %PpTs inn and yet
jections; and such objectionsl What theyP That
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as thst contemplated BY the details of this bill has
Haye not already shown IN the action Of the Presi
dent himself through General sckies declaring that
and n ySTops g sac acts Gf den fer every
the PreSident establish for the security o the CO.
l9red race saegusrds which 60 infinitely beyond any
white race" With what trS tR this can be said Of
bill which declares that the civil rights and the pun
shall be the same as those Of white persons let an
They the detsils] says the President, interfero
with the municipal legislation Of the states; with the
citizens between the inhabitants the Same State
absorption and assumption Of power of the general
stroy our federstive system of limited powers and
the States 1t is another step rather stride toward
ton, and the concentration Of all legislative
All this is said by President who by his own hat,
Issued through General Howard set aside act of the
through General Terry, an set Of the Virginia Legs,
attemptns to execute Il; Who tbro4sS GEN Tap6y or
dered the State courts in his to suspend all
whtepersons were not punishedand ali know the pen
atty which would have beed visited upon state Judges
PIeSident Tho efteT h ysod1g provision of the
pants Of land under MAJOR General sherman's order
possession for the limited period of three years, him
wards, through Ii. W. Smith assistant dutant Gene
% s W asS Sa HGH s
orders NJ 6 dated January 10TH 1865 will be regarded
these acts of the President in his own Ian when
discussing veto of President Buchanan, "oh, con-
rarely O 70 be found '0"0i riuOn 10 O0 Au'su OU'
In view Of these facts who is it that breaking down
central5ai0n2 Is it Congress-, by the passing Of this
this biIS Let I not be said that ths RresdSnt sxef
he told US in his annual message that the war was
are vested the in the Presdent eitSs
as President or commander in chief OF the army The
cessary and proper ior carrying into execution all
yer iesS s the u h in the
The President is required, in carrying out his pow
to act in obedience to law the thing which
he refuses to do. He says:
Of the Dill must be to the
Wf Pt6 IN Th denies the authority
color of State authority doc trine from which the
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soerGe State State But sir out Of the the pOuth Of
Andrew johnson has violated the spirit of the Consti
memberod that the bill passed both Houses Of Congress
by more than two thirds majority, the vote in the
III to S sHS
Andrew johnson on the veto of the Homestead bill by
"The President of the United States presumes-yes,
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spirit if not the letter OF the Vostuto9 thet this
ask, is there any differences in the spirit Of the Con-
stitution whether measure is sanctioned by q two
H0S Yf1SSS Prsasnt
tuition REQUIRES that shall be reconsdered and passed
here in The teeth Of the EIePTtiVs there was two;
measure is constitutional and right In the other
the Vote was i2 to p S~ten more than the two thirds
majority which the Constitution requires And when
The S Of tho @
tive to say, mol you shall not have this measure;
Apply this language to the facts connected with this
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tne municipal regulations OF any state which protects
a tSST SpeTaO % MS5sS4h sSs YORK.
illinois, or most OF the States of the Union HOW pre-
ochar "a An
deny somebody civil right on account OF me color
fHst 4 that unes this bill nothing be
done protect the freedmen in their liberty and their
SWSstever may have been the opinion q the Pros'
a3t 2 q % he S 10 liberty and
now maPeS; M from & t9S ShSSSte6 nc OF as 96
clause Of the const utiOnel ametdment gives this
tHst It gives the power even confer the right ofsuf-
age have not thought So 6ecsT S a., hHSs meyer
h R% % 6sTy waS s SisnsE
IS Gr entited to- and Whatever IS to
to him he is entitled TO have be it the ballot the
S2ytbeT than S to sec Seeure civil rights to the
cannot be passed then the constitutional anne
cannot better conclude what have to say than in
the language of Mr. johnson, tho occasion OF the
veto OF the Homestead bill, when, after stating that
changed his opinion in reference to great measure
and great there reason whya Senator
change bis opinion he said: ~ hope the sena and
House Of Who have
Ing to the Consultation exercise their privilege end
cSording to the high behest Of the American people
The further confederation of the subject was post
MARYLAND who desires TO address the Senate on it,
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