The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-27
rnePntr,s oftheYeto.

ArdrsT johnson Manages to assign
The Qussrsst reasons for his public acts,
and such a. quite efectuslly reb1ke
tee Position ne Is defending. For ex-
ample, ne has just vetoed The bill sd
hitting Arkansas to representation
AID her full relations in the Union.
In doing 50, he objects that the con-
Eres9ionaI plan of reconstruction '.in-
wolves additional delay" HsGssumes
that the foil restoration of All the
States, Is desirable. They shonld have
E n immediate voice in legislation, and
Al once exercise self-goTernment. De-
lAT Is an evil. Therefore, Mr. johnson,
6rst, wastes the whole time conceded
I 10 him by the constitution, over a bill
I which he never intended TO sign and in
4 that way cOmpeIs delay. BE goes fur.
/ Their, and iufeEpoSes veto which com.
/ pels new action on the part of Congress,
/ in passing the bill over his objections.
I Had he teen silent, the representatives
! OF she state would be now in their
/ seats in the national councils, and the
people would be In line full enjoyment
of all the Kights Of citizens of a COM
monTealth in the Union. The veto,
! fortunately, is futile against tWo-thirds
! Of both Houses No thanks are C1ua 10
the President, however, that Ii does not
pE0looE indefinitely the anomalous
condition OF the State; and prevent for
months ihe contamination which he
PROCESSES TO seek. Coufessing the evil
Of delay, he deliberately Iabors for de-
lay.
Then again the plain and avowed
purpose OF the constitution of Arkansas
Is to secure equal rights in life and
labor and their fruits, TO all classes of
lot is given to citizens. regardless of
color. This guarantee for these rights,
Congress proposes to confirm. Bot
Mr.. Johnson argues thattt people of
Arkansas" may desire to overthrow
ali this. They may desire to renew the
Institutions which existed before the
war. They may at all events wish to
keep this negro under foot, and to take
the ballot from hun. Congress by
seeking to prevent such an outrage,
troubles Mr. JohnsOuI BE portFays the
consequences by interrogation: May
we not dread at some future day a re-
currence of the troubles which have so |
long agitated the country pa The |
measures which are devised to protect |
all classes, he deslares, "may in q few
years renew In an aggravated form The |
strife and bitterness" from which we |
are now recovering. In word, Mr..
Johnson's plea is that the freedmen |
must be abAndouedtto the tender mer-t
cies OF their enemies, in order to avoid
future conflict. The Government must
surrender those who were its friends 10
those who waged deadly war against
IL IN pEOeG 10 pQECnASa the ALLIANCE OH
the latter. The door must be opened TO
perpetual strife, as the price of pacif-
cation.
II history teaches one lesson perfec.-
ly, It is that the ballot and The political
rights which it represents, cannot safe
" be taken away from a race oncs en-
trusted with them. The attempt would
be as mad as 1t would be cruel, aimed
toward four millions of people, who by
their industry and fidelity In war, have |
become an integral element in the ma |
ton, and whose intelligence surprises
;he world, while their forbaarance TO |
those who have: wrDnged them. Is NM
paralleled In human annals.T let Mr..
Johnson objects 10 the restoration of
Arkansas, that the State and Consresai
agree In an effort to guard against that |
danger. BE Insists that the plan of |
the heel of their old tyEanJs. Congress |
proclaims the better way: equal and [
exact Justice TO all, and a snarantee
against RnnulliDG- the principle on
y mon all ouE Institutions rest. Out of |
this difference springs this latest of the |
long series of VeIoes. sF,sI
Five other States stand in the same
attitude as Arkansas. Mr.. johnson
will in like manner seek to deIsy their
restoration, and Will again set up class
and caste against liberty and equality.
He renders more and more clear. the
d6ty of the electors to sustain the ooli-
cy of Reconstruction which Is near COM
pIetlon,t and to drive from power ali
who favor his devices for defrauding
the States ont OF free ahd lust govern
nent, in the hope of rebuilding the old
structure OF anarchy and yfoience.-
Utied Herald.