Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-27
TIE PRESS UPOV TEE VETo-F0P-
AIGN OPINION

AIGN OPINION.
The Communications of the veto BY the
uress are cordial. No dissent is witnessed
thus far in It's columns. All unite in pro-
nouncing it the best act OF President
er.nt's administration. Even the opposi-
ton papers are constrained to speak in
praise of it. The Tribune says: "Once
..mere General Grant has deserved well
..of the country. He merits the thanks OF
Congress no less than years ago when he
defended the country against the assaults
..of no more dangerous enemy" The
Herald pronounces it "Another Appoma-
"tox. The right thing at the right time
The World says: at is with surprise and
qualification that we record the veto by
(which the President has killed the in
.'dation scheme and deserved well OF all
"wbo love the honor of the United States"
These are all opposition papers be it re-
membered. whose good words for the
President cannot be attributed to party
prejudice or favoritism, but must be con-
strued ~ the result Of conviction and a
generous impulse to bestow the honor so
wen deserved.
From the west and south we may ex-
pect to hear muttsriugs of dissatisfaction,
but some of the ablest papers in those To-
calities are strenuous opposera of imitation,
and will sustain the veto as fearlessly as
the press of the east. In Detroit, Chicago,
Cincinnati. Milwaukee, St. Louis and
Louisville, the preponderance Of senti-
msnt will be largely in favor Of the veto.
Taking the press Of the country as fair ex-
ponent Of public opinion we may conclude
that the President will be sustained in his
position BY . vast majority Of the people,
Il an issue is made with him in such man.
nsr - to give them occasion and opportu-
nifty to declare themselves upon the mat
ter. As the press stands in relation to in
Aatien Il IL delusion to imagine that a
party founded upon 1t could command any
strength.
While we witness this strong support Of
the veto at home, we see that it commands
the unqualified approval Of foreign coun-
tries whose opinions are entitled to re-
spsct. Gable dispatches from London in
form rs that only one opinion prevails
there in moneyed classes in regard to it,
all approving it as right and applauding
the firm stand which the President took
They say it will act bcneicially on Amer
lean credit, while the opposite course
would have been fatal. Initiation they
hold il violation of principle. an indefin-
lie postponement Of resumption of specie
payments, policy the adoption Of which
would undermine confidence, and stop in
vestments in our securities abroad. In
Paris the same opinion prevails as in Lon
don. At Frankfort-on-the-Mai the i'm
precision made by the veto is excellent. 1t
will have an important effect to allay the
tears Of the German people, who already
hold our bonds largely. The utterances OF
the European press are not generally re-
ceived, but all will probably agree with
the London Globe which says: "Presi-
"dent Grant has once more saved his
country from great peril. His veto de-
SERVES full as much applause and graft
''tnde ~ the victories Of Vicksburg and
1.-THE Wilderness.
If the infationists are not stone-blind
they cannot fail to see the vast sentiment
against them. If they have any sagacity
they viii abandon the schemes they had in
view. the prosecution Of which can only
bring them disgrace and defeat The PEG.
pie Of this country will not consent to re-
pudiation in any shape. if they know it,
and We think they are intelligent enough
NOT to be cheated upon that subject.