The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24
The Press on the Veto.
The Boston Advertiser says:

The COT rse the President has taken is
most credftable TO himself, and saves the
national honor SO recklessly trif1ed with
by Congress. The first act approved
and the first public act returned by
him are on the same subject, and his action
in the two cases is consistent. Yet the re-
turn of the senate bill required under the Cir
cumstances no small degree of moral courage.
His most trusted advisers were well-known
advocates of the measure. Efforts more sue
cessful than we could have believed possible
had been made to create the impression that
the public sentiment of the country favored
the bill. Especially in the West-his own
-section-and i'm the South, had it been made
to appear that the people were nearly unani-
nous in their support OF it. II report says
truly only two OF his cabinet ministers favor
ed veto-the secretaries of State and of the
Treasury. To have taken position boldly
against such pressure required great irmness
and courage for which the President will by
and by receive the credit that is his due. And
even now n any mistake, of which his adj
ministration las seen not a few, will be for
gotten in gratitude for this one act that saves
us from national disgrace.
The message is as strong es.any one could
wish. 1t puts he objection to the bill solely
on the ground that the new emission would
be violation Of good faith and of numerous
pledges.
The Kennebes Journal says: :G's1 gGi
President Grant has put his veto upon
the bill to initiate the currency. For
this he deserves the gratitude of
every honest man in the country. 1t
is lightning stroke upon the infationists,
blow from which they cannot recover 1t lifts
the administration above the murky clouds by
which it has been surrounded into the clear
atmosphere OF honesty and right. President
Grant has done no better act since he occu-
pied the Presidential Office than this.
The Boston Journal says:
The message. is an excellent one in
every point of view-the reasons per-
ed with those broad considerations which
ought to be appreciated by every honest Amer
lean citizen.
The Boston Herald says:
The President has happily disappointed us
by sending back the infamous currency bill
with his veto. We did not except so much
of him after his criticism OF the Boston view
of the finances. We wish to give him full
credit for his action against the tremendous
pressure brought to bear upon him by the
rabiI infationists of the West and the South,
aided by the few renegade New Englanders
who misrepresent their constituents in Con-
gress. Poor Butler! He must be sadly dis
appointed. After all his trouble, his boorish
behapinr To thA-R+o-~- Zorl- -delo,e4ier., al. d
his confidence that the President would sign
the bill, he must have felt very much as he
did when Gen. Grant ordered him to report
at Lowell, Mass, for military duty. The in
ma.a1hiSt T senerany VIII ue very mucn en-
nartv in sncb an event and We hnno t NV
will do if. NY
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nc DosCoh Utooe says .-
1t gives us genuine pleasure to have an oc-
casion on which we can bestow UNQUALIFIED
Communication on the official action OF Presi-
dent Grant. He has vetoed the Senate in.
fiation hill and given sound reasons tharefor
which will donbtloSs Soruo 70 obao, e. ~
"a ros snh en,oS of 81, thoso W rohIoSs omo ny
;Ss s VI all enoee Ieckless .! nis
secu.e on ;ncrease IT, nf on, rir ~
currency and drive ms farther from snecie nav
ments
NJ - Ho-
Inc eastern argus says;
1t is not often that We find reason to COM
thnnoeo a.. az VI oSnS anu IL Il
therefore an unexpected and welcome graft
fcatiOn to find him putting his foot firmly on
Imitation, and insisting upon policy looking
" uesu u, " specle payments. !! was
Ieany tne only conslstenG course lor MIN 10
pursue, aitef all tne pieuges ne nad maze
and his party had made for him; but there
eau De no douot tnat ne was Ior time shak-
rrot;s, No. p D,'tIa e ar ~ Wa uc. a W
&c. IL has no,,,o o,'t ~ ~ ~ i"s1, nom
III h%H ooniT Uu' i'sn'' nilu JIG country
VIII .uanh mn an Tue more earnestly Ior DO
ing rignI wneh the general expectation was
that he would do wrong.
The N. Y. Evening Post saws:
The Presidents veto was a nob,a oct no,,,r
done, and the common sense of the country
will sustain the common sense of the President
IN cutting loose from the influence of Messrs.
Butler, Morton, Logan and Carpenter. The
Post also saws that the President sl,Ould now
call Gov Dix to fill the Secretary of the Treas
ury, as it is to him next to the President to
whom we owe our escane from tbe shame and
dishonor which Congress would have inflicted
upon u.s.
The N. Y. Commercial saws:
The Presidential veto is consistent with hi.
record There should now be Confidence and
an upward spring from the lono hus;ness do
preston which has prevailed.
The N. Y, Express saws.
o. An who rosnaot d. oo.a
ernmamt u;i hpp h unG soou name OF the gov
of The Pres;dent '"9 siau a' Inc conclusion
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Inc n. I. Mail says: .et
The veto message is worthy the best DAYS of
jackson, It's sole eloquence consisting in cour-
"'ou nones'y' go .T- -7la''Iie
The Bangor Wing says:
All honor. then. ia President Cront ,rhoso
timely act there is every reason 70 haI;o, "nuHT
prove lasting as well ~ an ;na " VIII
to ali projects for increaS;nn ;rnadeoI, cnecA
reucy. and tend to SETTLE the d;s,Trhoa s cur.
of the countly upon the snhsta nt;al has .t;
has alone proved adeouate the world onar n'oA
The Taw;ston - - 'no "oiiu o'er'
M "'s'vn 1ournai says:
re eFeG e. OF tne veto will be to rob the Sec
uGn, leasing nm no excuse OR authority for the
reissue OF canceiled currency. Every man will
Ano" wnat MS dollar is worth. Trade will be
on nrm me, Dasis But, over and above every
lasting dssr rne n''oa' nehor Is saved ftom
The pen that vetoed the currency bill is greater
than the sword that won Vickshnrg se"'oi
P Tho " Horo1d s.n..
III. ~. ia,a s~'I,
LUIS IS tne acg OF the fresldent-his own res
olute, clear-mlnded, common sense. The great
est est man Is ne who g equal to his opportunity
fhe PRESIDENT has shown this greatness. His
veto Will remain IN our political history as one
VI Inose snlhing actS tnat certify great mans