Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-03-07
The Military Force Bill--TtS Passage
Over the Presidents Veto.

Inc Military Force Blll---ItS Passage
Over the Presidents Veto.
The veto message of the President, con-
corning the bill ito provide for the more
efficient government Of the rebel States
is too lengthy for publication in our col
umns to-day. It is conclusive in its argu-
ments against the subversion of the gov
ernments of the Soushern States, and, in
deed, against the whole theory upon which
the action of the radical majority in Con-
gress is based. This important document
-pre-eminently the most impesaant mes
sage that has emanated from the President
shall appear next week.
The Presidents objections to this revo-
lutionary, harsh, and oppressive measure.
were communicated to the House of Rep
resentatives, in which the bill originated,
on Saturday last The bill was immedi-
ately taken up after the reading Of the
message. After debate, in which the De-
mocrats generally denounced it as bill for
the dissolution of the Union, and declared
their regret at their inability, under the
rules Of the House, to defeat its passage,
the bill was, under suspension of the
rules, passed over the Presidents veto by
a vote of 135 yeas to 48 nays; the only
republican voting in the negative being
Mr. Hale, Of New York. The democrats
who voted against the bill we're Messrs.
Ancona, Bergen, Boyer, Campbell C!aanler,
Cooper, Dawson, Dennison, Eldridge,
Finck, Glossbrenncr, Goodyear, Harding
of Ky, Harris, Hawkins, Hise, Hubbell
Of New York, Humphrey, Hunter, Jones,
Kerr, Kuykendall, LIE Blond, Leftwich,
Marshall, Mccullough, Niblack, Nichol-
son, Noel, Phelps, Radford, Ritter, Rogers,
Rosser, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, stillwell,
Strause, Taber, Taylor of Tennessee, Tay-
lor of Kentucky, Thornton, Trimble,
Ward of Kentucky, and Wing6eld.
Now, if Congress has the power 1--WE
will not say the constitutional righD to
guarantee republican form of govern
ment" to all the States, including the So
called "loyal States" whose Legislatures
have failed or refused to eniranchise the
negroes within their limits, why may not
the provisions of this military bill be ex
tended over them as we'll as the ''rebel
States" If they have failed or refused to
comply with the imperative mandates of
our tyrannical masters at Washington, are
they not 'sdisloyar' to Thaddeus Stevens
and his party? and do they rot need to be
reconstructed" as we'll as the South p
It was one of the grievances set forth in
the Declaration of Independence that King
George had 'sahected to render the militia
~ Independent Of and superior to the ciriz
po,rer;;" and another grievance was, that
she has kept among us, in time Of peace,
standing armies, acit1toa the consent Of oar
Legislature 2 and again, che has takea,
duay our charters, abolished oar most eat
liable lars, and altered Fundamentally the
popeys of our government" The military
bill which has Just passed Congress not on
ly practically abrogatss the governments
of the Southern States, but it imposes tax
es on us without our consent" and denies
us the right of representation in Congress
Under it we are to have ''swarms of officers
to eat out our substance and harrass our
people" We are to have military satraps
to control, and if they choose, usurp the
functions of our civil governments, in all
their branches. executive, legislative, and
judicial, from the governors down to the
lowest administrative officers. IF, for such
tyrannical and oppressive acts King George
was denounced by onr forefathers as unfit
to be the ruler of free people, how trans
cendently Infamous will not the acts Of our
radical King George at Washington APP
pear in the eyes Of free people" when
the madness and fanaticism Of the hour
shall have subsidized and reason and mode
ration shall control the action of our law
makers.
Extra Session Of the Legislature.
In conformity with the expressed wishes
of the members of both branches Of the
General Assembly, Governor Peirpoint
has issued his proclamation for an extra
session, to meet on Monday last, the ex-
tended session having expired on Satur-