He has no right, as Mr. Curtis suggests, to leave them in the latter case to be tested by those whom they affect. Nothing can be plainer, and no principle more vitally important, than that the President must execute all the laws, without exception, which have not been adjudged unconstitutional, or resign. If possible inconveniences result, they are not to be compared with the certain perils of any other course. We doubt if Mr. Stanbery or Mr. Evarts can add weight to the argument of Mr. Curtis. Even should the witnesses for the President establish what his counsel wish, we do not see how it could be sufficient.
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