Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-03-11

Some of them, indeed, he is unable TO surrender,
being, in the langrare 81 our system, unailehabe.
The boastcd privilege of a roman citizeh was
to him a shield only against petty ProVihcol
ruler, whilst the proud democrat OF Athens coula
cons le himself under sentence OF death, for
supposed violation of the national faith, winch no
one understood and which A. t'mcs was the sub
icct Of the mockery Of all, Of q ban shlnehl rom
his home, his family. and his country, WITH or
without an ALLEGED cause; that Il Was the &C. MOI
oil. 5'nrie tyrant, or hated afsteciac., us"i rs
assembled cuuu.rruan. Far d hereha Is The pow
c. & oar sovereignty. j can INTERFERE WIN no
oaa $ Observance, iua'ct no punishment bus alter
We'll asce-tained guilt, the result ai iaFr5 'i'.A
under rules prescribed by the Constitution lis H.
These precious privileges, ana 4i2se scarcely lcaS
important, Of gylnr expression to his lh5ush l5
and opinions, either by writing en- sfeaE'ng, I'M
restrained but By th' liability Tor injury 10 "sh'iS'
end that of a full participate q IN al lh' aaVaA-
tues winch d5w from the Gov rn"eai, 'ie
aeEaevlsaerd property g al, Tie A'aal can
citizen derives ir,f1 ~ charter granted b. MS
fellow lnan. lie claims them BECAUSE ne IS ann
SCI Man, fashioned by the same a l54a. ia.
ps the rest OF h.s species, and enNled 20 4 -u4
share OF re bless ugs With winch he has endowed
then.
Notwithstanding tne limited sovereignty prs,
sessed by the People Of lie IN TED S'dies, ana
thn restricted Grant Of power - tne government
winch they have adopted enough has been gwen
to acc oupi sh I'll the objects i"F WhcH II was
crcatrd. II has bren ieand p"wefiui ID WaF' mo
hitherto, jlstce has been administered an i"tt-
male unpn effected, domestic rahqu'IiW pre-
served, AID personal liberty secured & the ci'i-
2ens. As was to he expected, however, from the
defect of language, and thp necessarily Sehfeh-
tons manner, nWh'ch the Constitution IS written
disputes nave arisen as to the amount u ",
which IL las actually granted, or vas 'h'PhlF" 10
Grant This IS more particularly the case in re-
/ laion to hat part Of the instrument which treats
/ ofthe Legislative branch And not only as re-
| nards tht exercise Of powers claimed UNDER
general tlause, giving that body the authority to
pass all laws necessary to carry lhlo ohsct ,"e
specified powers. but IN relation to the latter also
| II is hovtvc consalatory 20 reflect that most ot
the instances of alleged departure from the letter
or spirit Of the Constitution have alternately re-
crived tn, sanction of a majority OF the people.
! And the act that many of our statesmen, most
dst:ngn.hed for talent and patriotism, have been,
at one tine or other OF their political career, on
b tn SIDES IF each of the most warmly disputed
questions forces upon us the inference that the
rrrnrs # errors there were, are attributable to
the intrinsic diiicuiv, in MANY instances, of as
! cartaipinstlr int ntinns Of the trainers Of the
! Constitatitn rather than the influence OF any
SIN sler r unpatrintic motive.
/ But the treat danger to our institutions does
not appear to ne to be in usnrpltl'n, BY The
! Coyrrn,ne,f. Of power not GRANTED by the people,
! bat by the accumulation, in one Of ihe Depart
/ n!ent%. Of that which vas assigned to others.
| LIMITED a! AZ. tne powers whlch have been
! granted s,ll enough have been granted to con-
stitu'c dep liisn, if concentrated IN one oil the
/ denartq;rat5 The danger is greatly heightened,
As il has been always observable that men are less
( Jealous of cncroachmen's cf one department
upon another than upon their own reserved