New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-19

lived snce the month Of October at hae prevented
this de,ignsiion Of the faculties which correspood
the Governor and If the good sense and patriotism
OF tbtte worthy iuDctlonanes lave been the true ele
merts Of ofcer which have preserved the harmony
Dscesary between the general and local power your
EIcelepcy will know that formal regulation .nds
peDtaby necessary In order 20 Close the way against
c-putes (dite7eyelas) always 6sag-eeab.e and sftea
positively penciOus'
But as bis E1cellency the Preeident substitute, a
very Tar from desiring to exercise dictatorship with
cut limits, be has drawn the line of h. attributes and
desPnAted the rights Of the citizen. in ordinary cases.
Nevethe.ess there moments Of supreme danger
in which the public eafcty ought 10 be the only law,
the SID article declares That for the defense Of the
Independence or the integrity OF tie territory, 10 sa.-
tan est8bl-hed order pre-erye publ, tranq unity,
'the Government make Of ci-cIetionsl power.
Tbs the more necessary, became otherwise iodvd-
usl guarantees would only serve a. shield 20 revou-
tioni.s TO tie positive prejudice OF seei-ty Society
has many rights es than, individuals 20 be
attended to; and, although the duty snd vii Of the
Government be lot 70 Il ure IL citizens, a. its first OBJ
legation be to save the community, when unfortunately
it is necessary 10 choose between them for the public
benefit those nights will necessarily have preference.
"Tbis discr.tIonsl power, IN certain moments. i
wholly indispensable even during constitutional regi-
men, and the history OF our revot- proves To u in
Thousands OF pages that tie want Of nike authority
in the Constitution of ls2& was the cause az the
create pant OF our evis The memory Of $50 q SILL
fresh, and your E1cei-ncy will eay recoilest that
all tie difficulties, al the obstacles against which Gen.
Ar1sf6 hd0 TO struggle were OWING the NJ the
empihoaion Of his faculties. Ii was absolutely
hecessary for him to colfne himself 10 the employ
meIt Of legal means to suppress the conspiracy which
was guided from the bosom even Of Congress, where,
by fatality, had entered men Whose hearts were
drained of honor and of loyalty and abused their
posts; who, envelOped i'll the iDvIoabIhy OF repre-
sentsves OF the people. which people they disd:ned,
lad converted the halls OF Congress into revolutionary
clubs, who denied TO the Government everything 1t
asked and from bad to worse they dragged Us TO the
deep abyss in which We were submerged during the
space Of twenty.seven months. If the President lad
been able to act with more freedom, it u beyond
doubt that the revolution OF Jalisco would have tn
umpbed
"Bui it would be too much to pretend 10 demon
strate what We all have experienced. There never
hss beer Government that has not needed extTaor-
binary acutts and this undoubted fact proves that,
in certain caes, discreOna power absolutely neces-
sary. And If this s true under normal Government,
What mutt be said in regard 10 sn Administration
which from its nature even, has 10 make use OF Oni-
modious powers The plan of AyutIa erected a die
tatOrthip and If the President has thought proper 10
limit 1t for ordinary cases he desires, very justly, 70
preserve it for those in which the sayat on OF the Sae
Interested which il the first, the most essential the
most sacred of his obligations. How can the present
GOvenmei answer before the tribunal Of history 10 the
accusation which, with we'd founded rea-On, wOuld be
made against it, of having allowed action TO triumph
which perhaps would result in the loss Of nationality,
OF having observed IN the utmost degree the
l., gal forms The guarantees which -"ciey comedies
10 individuals, should never be converted into arms
against tef even; because all especial interests must
give way to the common one.
"Noys+b,Iess II NECESSITY co,nnel. bis F,celencv
flo pre.ert 10 nre,4Tys t5,, dir"torio he d.,
20 Owe the Me,icans new nrof of his uhright mica
tios by Prohibiting to bmseifthe imposing o the PEN
atty OF death even in extreme cases. lie believes
that the law, only, by its common organs, can dispose
u .nI ne ~ =; momt - ,,,i - ,bs Con.
IL whrc ~ 'n 10 S:yS,s,,onap noser ,bs !. even
when ali other euerantees cease tina, Of life shah be
scruuou,ly rejected In this manner, the rights of
the citIzers and public security will be confined as
far az possible in the exceptional circumstances
toned i'll the aforesaid article"
The alst and SD articles alluded to above are
A. follows:
Arr. Il. All the faculties, which by this statute
are not expressly assigned to the Governments of the