Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-28

man rmy ago and diiiacfhssi sfsassshs
Of tbesbesl aud ;Spfet etliest little %ises--as !
straightsnd sftict Die em6etS the Meihgss
dist persuasion tha,aaH His or ssany Other
country, ever proldeef. And Why did
geifhef ?sBecauseI iRosse 1haf assioti
whichany ysinorei polished ,nei ehbsf fnbheds
out years go-..JySsis yeafs ago. Nine
hundred;m sky INC opsi ilaRestiol gnol.s
him and yet uhmatrie d henss dis.
covered The. consent of her. laihers could
not be. .ob,oined--audflse hssway. was:
a good fellow al Though a Whig sa
man entered ;beneathI the roof of her
parents, and like Imam, Lhore her upon
my shoulder from the The ihoussy 10 3iiisa
bridal alter, chased by dogs, hgwling sans.
barking aud biting. othe porials4ofs stiies
church. A happy wife, thteeiail,le ie.
Connelis, and an easy conscience, and
The fruits ofthe tender passion as: r pos:
sessed it,. II he can. n.say as much, Feiixs
Grumdy Mcconnell backs out from stEcs
canvas, if not let him qforeyers,bold his
peace. s-:, go
Nothing could have been more. eHeciige.s
The ladies waved Observation-Disclosures ehisfs
iu an ecstacy ahd,delighi, thesmen,sholsed
and stamped before, and xthescopn,Xgagss
eccentric Mcconnell an oyerwhelmins
majority, sass::
Leuying Duties in Merico Ports -So1s;
portion of the press has raised the quesE;
ton Of constituionali,y in relation 10 tfesss
duties. fthe executive rightto levy s.dd1.s
ties 10 captured ports is mol abraoe6 6H lie
war power, it of course is moi! gconstitu.'
tionalIy juslifable. Ills iDcidents hoM.
ever. of the authority to prosecute aar.sin:
substance If not in form. The 7 Executive
has called the power in questionSamiEjafy
contrib utions." tits in essence and effect;
military conributation. Supposs that
Gen. Scott had, under direction Of ihs:
President, levied the aggregate fthesss
duties, after importations ha d passed athe:
Custom House at Vera Cruz, under Abe;
Mexican rate Of duties. and before they
had been paid into the Observation-Disclosures
Would not this have been within the conss
stitutional authority of The President1 Can.
The circumstance Of fixing the rae duty
make an essential change in its charscteffs
To make tariff in peace, and perna,s
uently, is, undoubtedly, a branch OF tho;
legislative power but to devise 8 scheme
Of imposls temporarily, and adapted solely
TO The exigencies of war, is no iusGrpation.
or abuse ofthe power incident so WAR.
Whether contribution is levied in ono
department or another ofan enemy indus
try and pursuits-whether an assessment
is made on property ofnne kind oEaDolheri
whether on land or sea---on comlnercess
or agriculture, on the revenue of ipdiyidu-s
ais or that Of the hostile state-ifit mako.
any difference in the, result, can make none
in The bellgerent right. -, 80
lie, US then look al The mailer 6'sthe9
view of provisional authority exercised
| in conformity with the usages ofsWat and
The laws Of nations, subject 10 the approval
Of Congress, and III loses iiiss ppafedtiy:
Unconstitutional aspect: Irsetss aside sno
law, but suppliesIby temporary regulation.
the absence oflaw lbis mol an exercise;
EoflegisIatives authority for lhatjs irIeg-;
:ocable. by Executive :po wei; HbileaIbisss !s !
;act is subject u o reYocaii9n slmmsdIa
f:as the Legislature fof the Union ,asssmbt btesS
EElI- diyesis Congress Of no part of .fnne
lions 10 fsg6iaie aodiinsfSe S1S
or ma more es6impJs sfs hat portion 6fs
tbe war po@erswhicif iss lodged With 3hss
Executive, To preventive absence sofs reg
uIa,ionin a. new onguncture from filling
the enemy's Golfers and iprolougi shostil-1
ities.-Chd Eue. Ne,ps: q