Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-31
Another Veto Message.

Qe0b To-Day TeLuIHcu Vic tio1 auHliIllUg the
territory Of Colorado. His sense of duty,
he says. prevents his approval oft Witb
the exception of the additional clause, it is
the same vetoed in May last, and which
still awaits the reconsideration of the Sen.
ate. He is unable to perceive reasons for
changing his opinions, and only sees addi-
tional reasons confirming the wisdom eseJiiS
former Veto The additional section maE1y
the bill more Objectionable. The Consti-
tuition of Colorado provides that the laws
existing shall continue. Among these is
one absolutely prohibiting negro suffrage.
The recent Territorial Legislature almost
unanimously refused its repeal, and pend
ing the passage of an act by congress, the
Territorial Legislature passed an act Civ
ing rights to negroes. The bill before me
grants the rights denied by the Legisla-
ture and the Constitution of Colorado -
This incongruity, and the protest on the
part of the people against State Govern
ment, clearly indicate the impolicy and in
Justice of the proposed enactment, and it is
subject of serious enquiry whether the
enactment is not an attempt to exercise
power not conferred by the constit ution.
The President submits evidence of the
repugnance of the people to a State Gov
ernment. The total population of Colora-
do is q 100, only one-ffth Of the number
required for Congressional representation,
and yet this small community is to be al
lowed one representative and two Senator'S
Florida's admission IN 1915 resulted from
sectional strife, which we would do we'll
to regard as a warning of evil rather than
an example for imitation. He shows by
statistics that other States when admitted
had population emitting them to one and
nearly to two representatives. Every Or
ganized territory, equally with Colorado, is
entitled to admission, Deeator, Idaho and
Montana are equally entitled to admission,
giving us ten new Senators and five Repre-
sentatives, furnished by population hard
ly entitled to one in the existing States
where the averge population for two Sen
ators is nearly million. He argues that
the enabling act for Colorado was passed
under false statistics; and the deliberate
decision of the people against forming a
State, exhausted the enabling act Besides
bill so framed as to render its execution
impossible, raises the question whether the
bill itself is not nulliy
He argues at some length the incongru-
tiles of the I'LL, and concludes by saying
that the admission ola State is regarded as
an epoch in history, marking the progress
of nation, but he cannot See the proposed
proceedings accord with the uniform poll
cy of,tbe government in the admission of
new States.
It has been found necessary to ventilate
| the Capitol at Washington with immense
steam fans That of the Senate chamber
weighs 6 536 pounds, driven byan engine
of sixteen horse power; while that of the
Hall of Representatives weighs 1850
/ pounds, driven by an engine of thirty
horse power This vast machinery deliv-
ers into that chamber 100 eco cubic feet
Of pure air per minute But even this
fails to purify the atmosphere Of the sufo-
eating clouds of negro perfumes that de-
scend from the galleries. There is not
pure air enough in Christendom to sweeten
such a pest-hole. And when We consider
that the moral and political! atmosphere of
the place is ten thousand times worse than
the other, we get stunning impression Of
what an Internal den Of suffocating smells
it must be. One might think such a hole
would disgust his Satanic Majesty himself
But it does not, for old Thad. and all his
imps seem delighted with. it-Doy Book
How TO CLEAN ORR SNow.-Snow may
be easily softened and cleaned from pave
ments and yards, even when it is hard fro
zen and trampled down, by sprinkling
common table Or fish salt over it. In ten
or fifteen minutes it will be soft, and may
be swept off with a stiff broom Five
cents worth Of salt will Ike enough for the
pavement in front of any house. and fifteen
minutes after reading this you may clean
up III front OF the house, and perhaps save
your neighbors a severe fall on the Slip
perry sidewalk.
The Emperor of the French is especial
ly DESTROYS of arranging meeting with
the soyereigns of Austria, Prussia, Russia,
and Italy before the Paris Exhibition
In the event of this not being effected, the
emperor Napoleon VIII most likely invite
these monarches to Paris during the Exhi-
bition.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has de-
cided that the existence of the State was
not destroyed by secession, that the gov
eminent of the State was de facto gov
eminent, and all acts under the authority
Of such de facto government before the
surrender, so far as they were executed,
are valid.
The St. Louis Republican has special
from St. Joseph which says the advices from
the plains and mountains report that a great
body OF Indians are moving southwark.
Accounts from various Mexican quarters
Indicate that the City of Mexico is closely
h1cI rod