Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-27

take all or none hus every good bill be dearly Dough
at last and one CHIEF end OF calling Paraents 1.-THE makns
of good aws shall be wholly frustrated by departing from m
method which the wisdom Of ancestors prescribed
purpose prevent and exclude such These
innovations The King resolves abolish and hath
me TO say TO you, Mae siber uaas antiques"
This the language of British sovereign speaking
through commission to British Parliament in the yea
and every word Of is applicable t. us as 10 them
We have the form Of government adapted republican
acon-two Houses to make laws and each check upon The
obe-a chief magistrate to approve dsapprove b-and
constitution and parliamentary law for the government
EACH The evils Of vicious legislation the evil joining in
congruous together by House. the
sent Of the Other the approval Of the President the evil
making good measures carry bad the destruction of all
freedom and Of all purity in legislation just the same the
danger OF combinations for bad purposes is just the
and with change OF names the message might be pro-
pery addressed to this Congress, if the tackngs should
made which contemplated the California admission
bill And who the King who thus reproved Parlia-
men for vicious legislation, rejected its mschevous nnova
TONS and admonshed TO stand upon the old ways II was
Charles the Second monarch whom had never expected
to cite in the American Senate for example either in law
morals hope il may not be quoted without effect.
Hstse goes 10 give other examples Of this Innovation
and OF its rebuke by rejection and rejection in doubtful
of homogeneous conuncions from the beginning Of the
practice about the middle of the seventeenth century down
the beginning Of the present century Thus March, 1876
the lacking Of two bills rejected upon division in the
House of Commons, and member (S G. Downng) spoke
against the practice in these words
Whoever takes away liberty from the King takes away
liberty from the Parliament and whether this lacking the
clause OF appropriation does leave judge One
thing in the world this House always fond Of frequent
meetings. butt found good by going by i'll way to
obtain good end The Long Parliament be dis
solved without their own consent which obtained Of the
King BY thousand cantng words and that power they
ed tackled TO money BILL But what became of this, You
forced to make treason the being of that Par
Lament The Just prerosaye of the is necessary
as the being Of the House OF Commons take lacking
OF the most mischieyous consequence Imaginable and
no -tacking may be made to this bill. Page 2l8.
w., n
over the purity of legislation by uncoupng ncongruous
bills. Thus:
Con the 2l of April. 172 the bill for appointing com
ssioners tor examining the value and consider
made BY the crown is referred to the committee upon bill
for imposing duties, with an instruction make both the bills
into bill but upon the 9th OF May this instruction was
discharged upon diyson BY very large Majority
Page 22O
Again
On the l6:h of May l7l3, motion was made that the
bill for limiting the number Of officers the House Of Com
mons, be committed the committee the NAH bill it
passed in the Negative. Same page.
Again:
" On the 9th of January 1907 Lords laid aside the an
nual mat BILL account OF tack viz clause eealize
duties Of last which exchequer bills had been signed by
the auditors trustee acting for Lord Grenve The Lords
objected to this, first because the whole clause tack
and, secondly if the exchequer bills charged upon the
malt duty could be deemed bG aed not to be
tack yet the bills charged the pension duty entirely
different matter In the House OF Commons upon reading
again the resolution reported from the Committee of Ways
and Moan on the first OF January mat bill ordered
m.''-Same page
These instances Of uncoupling homogeneous bills from
early late period in British history omit Others
and proceed to the general observations which relate the
proper structure Of bill and the general which
que it to be free from foreign, incoheen and ncongruous
matter. AT page 22l Mr.. Ha,sel says:
81 is much to be wished that every question which
brought before either House should be simple and little
complicated possible For this reason the proceeding
that too often practsed Of putting together in the
which entirely different ought avoided Even
where the propositions separately notable objection
either House. the heaping together one law such variety of
disconnected and discordant subjects parlameay and
tends only msead and contound those who
consult the statute book particular point But
parts of the bill will be disagreeabe to the Crown or 10 the
Lords; and that, if it up alone it would not be
agreed to- for this and with view to the royal
assent the Of the Lords tack hill
supply which the exgencies OF the State make
is Proceeding highly dangerous and unconstitutional Il
their turn to depart from those rules to which they ought
be restrained by the long and established forms of Parliament;
and have other effect than finally to introduce disorder
and confusion"
mixing nconguous togehe and having shown the
law, and The Of the law the writer concludes with
strong exhoaion in favor Of fair and simple legslaon and
says:
In short however able may be that is at any
time aimed at BY this the always bad 1t
is much safer to trust to time and which
later dispose the minds Of accept APP
prove OF such propositions really for the public good
than obtain the best Of laws by breaking those
bounds and fences which the wisdom Of past ages has up
and to let disorder and consion which may finally prove
aa the security perhaps to the existence of the consu
ton page ga
This is the parliamentary law the subject The con-
junction of ncoDgruous matter in the bill is always
condemned 1t is condemned in oil In ordinary bills
it is declared to be supplementary in supply
ncy bills declared to be and danger
Gus to the kingdom in point Of evil to fair legislation, the
practice is equally fragrant in all II only be at
tempted for undue purposes either make strong bill car.
ny weak to break down good bill with bad one
to combine interest to carry, in conjunction, what
could not be carried sngyor to the Other house
to embarass the Executve-or TO make members vote
against proper bills by putting something improper into
them In every case 1t is supplementary That s the cha
which the books apply to the transaction Now what
is supplementary an act contrary to the law and pac
lice of Parliament, and unbecomng Parliament, and unfit
to be done in Parliament. 1t is thing which cannot be
rghfuly or becomingy done by Parliament II is thing
which degrades and Injuries Parliament done and be
Of evil tendency IN that respect in addition to all other evils
L is condemned in Europe and America. Many of the late
constitutions Of the States condemn and prohibit
MIA herself among the number is condemned by public
sentiment in our country, and sgmased by the odous cpl
het OF groing is condemned by the ordinary prac-
Ice Of both hou es Of our Congress- which to bring in
single bill for each subject Even pension bills though of
he often made separate for each pension
est the friends Of several pensioners should combine pass
ome bad is the practice of the Senate itself in this
very for separate bill has been reported for CALIFORNIA;
Ind the effort now TO add other bills Of foreign, ncohe
emit and inconguous nature to that separate bill reported
md standing single the file, and ready for decision.
have cited parliamentary law applicable to all cases. and,
II course to the before the Senate have quoted B
ish auhory-the fountain Of law-and the from
which Jefferson extracted his Manual. have to quote
American law applicable. and specially applicable to this
II a.