ordinary course of
judicial proceedings has not been interrupted by the
rebellion, and shall cease in every State when the courts of
the State and the United States are not disturbed in the
peaceable course of justice, and after such State shall be
fully restored in its constitutional relations to the
Government, and shall be duly represented in the Congress of
the United States.

"SEC. 15. _And be it further enacted_, That the officers,
agents, and employees of this bureau, before entering upon
the duties of their office, shall take the oath prescribed
in the first section of the act to which this is an
amendment; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

On the 16th of July the President returned the bill to the House of
Representatives, in which it originated, with his "objections thereto"
in writing. The following is

THE VETO MESSAGE.

"_To the House of Representatives:_

"A careful examination of the bill passed by the two houses
of Congress, entitled 'An act to continue in force and to
amend "An act to establish a bureau for the relief of
freedmen and refugees," and for other purposes,' has
convinced me that the legislation which it proposes would
not be consistent with the welfare of the country, and that
it falls clearly within the reasons assigned in my message
of the 19th of February last, returning without my signature
a similar measure which originated in the Senate. It is not
my purpose to repeat the objections which I then urged. They
are yet fresh in your recollection, and can be readily
examined as a part of the records of one branch of the
National Legislature. Adhering to the principles set forth
in that message, I now reaeffirm them, and the line of policy
therein indicated.

"The only ground upon which this kind of legislation can be
justified is that of the war-making power. The act of which
this bill was intended as amendatory was passed during the
existence of the war. By its own provisions, it is to
terminate within one year from the cessation of hostilities
and the declaration of peace. It is therefore yet in
existence, and it is likely that it will continue in force
as long as the freedmen may require the benefit of its
provisions. It w