Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-03-20

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! sitv does no. e-ist in NV i,,d.,roant ,r;+b %
gard to the offices lost named nai,bs- vrilI tbo
| exercise Of the mower avail anvtbing What
ever against the legislative. executive. or In.
! dicial authority Of the United States. .
| Ifit be the purposa of this Commonwealth
| to impress un0u individuals or States its opin-
ions, Its object sho.ld be not 70 restrict bat to
! enlarge the LEGAL capacitv and power IF IT'S
people Il cannot BE- assumed neon anv lust
principle that every citizen Of NIaSsschnsetfs
who shalt hold tie oifics of United States
/ Commissioner will feel bound because he Is
in sympathy with its sentiments or possesses
the confidence of its neoDIe barsblv IN nd
Judge every fact avainsJ the personal liberty
of every suppliant for Justice, or to interpret
the provisions Of everv act of the General GOV
eminent as within it's constitutional mower.
l. cannot Justly be assumed. without proof.
that the protection of the rights Of apv stran.
ger require that disqualification for holding
office shall be pronounced agains, those who
symrathze with and possess the confidence
of the people of the State or that every sem.
bance and symbol OF authority shall be pressed
by our own act into the hands of those who
svmpathize neither with the fugitive nor the
State. Still less is it 10 be assumed that there
can never be change in the administration
Of the general government, or in the eonstruc-
ton Of its statutes
The constitution of the Commonwealth
confeys upon the Governor, with consent of
the Council, upon address Of both houses of
the Legislature, authority ic remove civil and
military officers. Through all amendments
of the organic law, this provision has remain.
ed without Limitation or change. and enables
the people to carry into full and immediate eff
feet, against any officer of the government.
that provision Of the Bin of Rights which de-
cares that I'm order to prevent those who are
vested with authority from becoming oppres-
sors, the people have right at such periods
and in SUCH manner as they shall establish by
their frame of government, to cause these
public officers to return to private lie
In different sections Of the act Of 1855,
chapter 489, there is an attempt 70 set forth
reasons or facts which will Justify succe eding
legislatures IN the impeachment Of public
officers or their removal by address. 1t is
manifest that no Legislature can enlarge or
restrict the power Of removal or impeachment
which the Constitution refers solely to the
discretion Of each succeeding Legislature. |
suggest the inquiry if such provisions Of this
act should not be repealed.
The eleventh section Of the act provides
that any person who shall act az counsel or
attorney for any claimant Of any alleged fu-
gitive from service or labor, shall be deemed
to have resigned any commission from the
Common wealth that he NAV possess, and he
shall therefore be incapacitated from appear-
ing as counsel or attorney in the courts Of
this Commonwealth. 1t agpears 10 me that
this provision indicates a C.jstrust on the part
of the people, not onlv of the courts Int also
of the legal profession, which has no inst
foundation, and that it is Inconsistent with