The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-09-13
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By the general and respective state con
situations, government is divided, in its or
ganizaticn, iatO three departments, the Lee
gislative, the Judiciary and the Executive
in a representative democracy, government
is naturally divided into but two deplrt
ments-ihat which declares the will of the
people, and that which carries the same in
TO effect. In England, all the powers o!
government were originally and theoretical.
ly vested in the King alone. In the pro-
gress of time, the legislative portion of pow.
er has, with the sole exception Of power
of yetoing laws, become vested in a now Sc
parate department, namely, that Of Parlia-
ment. By means of this veto power, in
our country, likewise, exists a blending of
the legislative and executive departments
in the person of the Executive. But in
England. at this day, the executive and ju-
dietary departments constitute, in fact, but
one department, being Theoretically vested
in the king; whereas, in the United States.
these two departments (the executive and
judiciary arc kept, by constitutional law,
separate from each other, by being cons j.
tulionally vested in different agents. Yet,
when it is remembered that the carving in
to effect Of the popular will necess ,rily in
wolves the giving of specific cons ructiOn T.
the language in which that will has been
expressed, and Of the specific effect o. that
will in regard TO variOns states of ftcIs it is
readily perceived. that the legislative de-
primenf embracing those agents appointed
10 declare the popular will, the executive
and Id:ciary departments naturally AMI
properly embrace, and thus constitute one
department of these agents who are ap-
Taking this view of the mttter. does it not
seem prabable that expedieucy would die
tate to every MN of SOM common sense,
the p-opriety Of en'rus ing those who are
appointed to declare the will Of the people
with the appointment, also, and annTnca-
ton Of those who are TO curry lis W II into
effect? In other words. does it not seem a
strong assumption that il is most cxpedi-
ent to enIrnst TO the legislative department.
the selection Of the officers Of the executive
and diciafysdeplrimens? This, however,
is upon the suppositiOu, which we mean to
be understood, that the legislatures are
elected as frequently as expediency will
permit, and are thus, through the medium
of the ballot box or polls, without, of
course, any foolish resort to such political
fallacy as that Of Che right of instruction)
kept in state Of direct and immediate res
possibility TO the people, In favor of the
indirect appointment by the people of The
officers who are TO carry the popular will iDto
effect, that is to say, in favor of the appoint
ment of the judicial and executive officers
by the legislative departments, the follow
ing arguments seem TO me to be convincing.
Immediately By the vo-
tiers would be thus necessarily much less
numerous and frequent, than as now with
us in Mississippi, they now are. From
which would result much saving of time 10
voters, now consumed in the way of atien-
dance on elections. The absence of such
number and frequency of elections as we
row have, would also necessarily secure 10
the people that degree of mental quietude /
which we do not at present now possess,
and which is necessary 10 the due consider
alton of all public affairs. Demagoguism.
which is ever the offspring of, and lourishes
most vigorously and extensively in the AZ
mosphere of popular excitement, would thus
be repressed most effectHally; in conse-
quence of which, the exclusive number of
candidates who frequently possessing nei-
Their real intelligence nor integrity, are at
THIS time constantly harrassing the minds
OF voters with their claims and solicitous
appeals to sympathy, and who are ever the
sure progeny and index of demagoguism,
would De quite done away with. Second
.y:-Ihe legislative representatives Of the
people would necessarily enjoy better OPP
osortunlty OF thoroughly investigating the
;naracter and claims Of each aspirant 10. at
east, the more important judicial and exec
tive Offices, than the mass of the people
'Ver could possibly possess. Thus. the Sc q
eet'on OF the most efficient and creditable
'Ilcers would be far more certain, than ii +
low is. EhiIdly:- The experience of the Il