Friday, December 22, 1865 — The daily dispatch
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quate reason for Mr. Sumner's denunciation
of it. If the President had demanded of Con
gress that it act on bis judgment- rather than
its own, then he would have acted unwarrant
ably; but :ts he has simply given bis own
view of the existing situation, with bis rea
sons fpr suggesting a particular course, he de- -
serves neither tb-niiiiciation nor obloquy.