Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-01-21

exercised. directly and indirectly, by the National
Executive and TINT Republican President may
thus become invested, not indeed with the robes,
hut with the powers and prerogatlpes OF royalty.
II is doubtless true, that IN order to ENJOY an ace
kquate government, extensiEc powers must be
granted to The Executive but the powers should
he strictly limited, both in the grant and the nse,
! TO the single object oil executing The laws. Inc
jenactment OF laws, The determination OF the great
! questions which give shape and direction TO the
policy Of the country the care and oversight Of
| the public Expenditures: the establishment of the
rules and restrictions which form the statues OF
the State and the guide for individual actlon,con-
stitute the appropriate and exclusive duties OF the
! Legislative department. You are the direct and
! immediate representatives, OF the people, and
through Won they speak their villas to the course
of policy to be pursued the privileges to be grant
ed, and the restraints 10 be imposed.
If am accused, | may be, of being either
unnecessarily suspicious or actuated by partzan
feelings in these remarks on Executive power,
would refer every thinking and candid man to
! the political history of our country, and to the
striking and startling fact, that the contest for the
Presidency has become. not the question which
the trainers of the Constitution intended should
once in four wears be submitted to the American
people viz. the choice of the chief Executive of
! fccr. whose duty it is to see that the laws are
faithfully executed, but struggle for change OF
the whole policy of government; and the choice
ota President is hailed deplored, as if he were
sole dictator, and his opinion wishes supreme,
not merely in his own proper station, but in the
halls of eqislatlon ifnot in the seats of Justice
1t seems to me time that vigorous and determn-
ed effort should be made by men of all parties who
love their country and revere its Constitution, TO
BRING back the practica operation OF system
to the original intention of those who framed it
especially that the legislative power may be cx-
erciscd by the representatives. of the people, with
out fear of Executive power, or hope Of Executive
reward; aud that the halls of Legislation, and not
the mansion ofthe Chief Magistrate, may hereaf-
Ter be looked to as the fountain and source Of the
policy and laws Of the country. The immense
and increasing patronage Of the National EXecu-
j tive, by the exercise Of the power of appointment
to office, gives necessarily, the opportunity if the
incumbent is disposed, of creating an influence
which may be felt i'll every village of the country,
and in every department of government. The
limitation. in practice at least, of the Presidential
Office TO one term, thus diminishing, not destroy
Ing the temptation to power for selfish mere
party purps SOS transferring the power Of ap-
pointme nj, where il can safely and conveniently be
done from the Executive to the Lcgslalurr or
the people and a wafchu, and even lea Ions
oversight, thN part of the electors OF every
official act OF those in power are some of the
remedies for the growing evils which suggest
themselves to my mind. But, after all, much
must be trusted to the integrity, patriotism and
Observation-Disclosures of those who administer the
Government, and The best safeguard is accounta-
bilitv to an intelligent ana observing people.
nave made thesF remarks, as applicable par
hcu'ariy TO the teneral Government, as am
not aware that, under the operation OF the State
Constitution, these evi's or dangers exist TO the
same degree But when the sole power OF noml-
nation appointment even in State, is lodged
in an individual officer, that single fact gives an
nndne importance 10 'he elecuoh OF that ohlcer;
and there IS, on more limited scale, similar dan
ger OF inc aDnse OF P''r'erSloh "i power, by tne
laws OF ms Sta'n' several -ounty ana STATE OIL
GERS Inc ii'ou' Vi "''"sr appointment IS h't pro-
F'uro ~, II tiie ,'''''''p"' ''' NJ" "PPo''.e"
ny t"e , ~ ~, P.s.1e "o''l" . " ISL
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ceecs ~ our OWL SNOW" ""t me" o,Fec' ever
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