The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-03-29

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the use Of the word meeting in two 9th.
or instances in the same article. In
the third clause of tho first section it is
used in the following sentence
"The actual enumeration shall bo made
within three years after the first mr,tiag of
the Congress Of the United States"
And in the second clause Of the fourth
section of this article it is used in this
connection:
"Tle Congress shall assemble at least
once in every year, and such meeting shall be
on the first Monday in December sc.
In both these connections it is most
clear that the term meeting is used as
sgnifyng the assembling, the coming to.
gethcr of the Congress, and not as sy-
uonymous with session. 1t would, in
deed, be absurd to say of the Congress
4" it shall assemble every year. aud such
seSSion shall be on the first Monday in
Dccember."
On the other hand. the word session is
employed in three instances i'll the same
article, aud clearly as signifying the pc.
riod of term of Congress, each term
being subjividcd into two parts or ses-
sions Ia the fourth clause Of the fifth
section is this provision:
Neither House. during the session ofCon-
gress shall, without the consent of the other,
adjourn for more than three days
/ Again, in the first clause Of the sixth
section it is provided. that
Senators aul Representatives shall, in all
cases, except, Sc, be privileged from arrest
during their attendance At the session of their
respective Houses" .nr
And again, in the third clause of the
second section, it declares, that
The President shall have power to III ny
all vacancies, sc by granting commissions,
which shall expire at the end Of their next
session.
In every instance wherein the terms
MEETING and Session are employed in the
Constitution they are used in entirely
distinct aud different scuses--the one as
s;enfying the assembling or converting
together Of the Legislative body, and lAe
other as signlfyiugand comprehondiug the
duration Of its term.
1t appears to mo to be very clear that
the restrictive words in this clause OF
the Constitution have exclusive refer
encc to, and limit the appointing power
a''p az 7 no. .ne ''nu, '" tuo uppo,n''ns"' nm
- a.. 's"' - ''a' ~, .ion ."e' -
mcnt, by any words, expressed or i'm
piled. that can be drawn from the Cou
stitution, short Of the expiration of thc
,c.nl' ",less II " s"P''sIHuIi " "s's
ia''se @ ;'. o.cG''on - , oa'iou " 'e'hPp
i"'y 'PP'in''''on', ppo"u'o VI US inue' ~.
,'!,.o "n" u'.oi '"'" ''Iu'o' iic'ii ' i'S
p'''y 10 "e 'er''i',S'eu oS 'es.sIa','e "c
''rn ''' '''n ""o" II 'I0' - '"e 7.''
VI '"' '''i a. ""S" ~ 'u'e III
.erVenc5. ,, II ,,'', cliivu iipor"ry'
ne on.y ''"'''.'''. 'H!,o'eu upon /
snott o! inc cAp'r"''on Q, tno Term ~
, tn"' ~ Is supJeo' ~ De se.,''"a'cu D.
VIC in''' ''",nT 3i pe''o" ~ 1 u 'I' Pr,'nar.
nn.'.. ,;,1,,ao,t,, 'na' VI
'e'"i g ~ t"'" ''"vi' Ion' .ueo' y
'"' 'i'N Vi '"1 ,''''' O'''c'a 'no 1ri'!ia'
. T.. .oo.ooi,,, - 80, If uhuo !, tLa.san
N,;oa :, I,o, nn, h., r,al;n. 49,
9 tion !, ;.odmit,.d nm oil I,n2s r,t ;
nrt. m and ~ tba !. tamnororr o,r|in,
4 ment. " But what if the Legislator
j. fail to olect2 How does it affect tn
/ snbsisiug temporary appointment =
c Why should it arrest that The yer
0 act which puts an end to "tcmporar
e appointment - is wanting. 1t require
f the positive act Of an election to put =
}, end to it; and If there be no election
9 does that want OF action produce tn
= same effect upon the temporary ar
}. pontment as an actual election, b.
D putting an end to 1t Does failure t,