St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-11
LINCOLN on THE CONSTITUTION.

gave the election.
LINCOLN on THE CONSTITUTION.
These measures. rhethsr strictly legaf
or not were r~sfaresi upon by what appeared
to he popular demand and public Me-
eessity, trusting then as now. that Co"-
grcss would readily ratify them. 1t
il believed that n.shiag hos h~"n done be-
you'd the Constitutional competency Of
Congress. ~ L;acl"'s Message. 9Th July.
The above will serve rs sample Of the
Constitutional opinion Of the President and
his party. Whoever heard before that
Congress, could rally what's unconstitutio''-
al. If any Of the ''mcasares" which have
been taken are unconstitutional. how can
4 be said that "nothing has been done
beyoad 1.-THE Constitutional competency Of
Congress" Are not the members OF Con-
gr...s limited in their powers? Are they
not sworn I" support the Constitution -
Can they delegate j"lic;ot powers 10 the
Executive! Can they delegate Legislative
powcrs Can any such powers be exer-
cised by any person to whom they could
not delegate tlicm 50 that this exercise
c.ul b. ratified BY Congress Who ,l"es
not see that the discretion ami judgment
Of differing bodies Of men would be nul-
lily and deception aud the Whole safeguard
If the Legislative. Executive and Judicial
powers bc COMPOUNDED. If an illegal excr-
else Of powcr by one branch could Le rat
flied by auothcr branch Of Government !!
Can the President decide law eases AMI
thc decision he ratified by the Suprcmr
Court Of the United States Why not !:
Ii the Constitution Yeats the power in the
Judges. why cannot the exercise by the
Executive b. ratified by them? This is
the logic Of a Consolidated Despotis,n ."
If Lincoln is perjurcd. the Congress will
perjure themselves BY ratifyiug his PERU
~.
4 GRAND SCHEME FOR THE PRrsERyA.
rlox or rmr UNION shipment Of
troops to Canada from England, has put
the New York Herald into very bcllige-
rent mood towards the British Government,
which it seems to thl,k, is abou, to inter
fcrc, in some way. with the affairs Of thi.
government. The H..ran propo>cs. en-!
has for days been urging It upon the at
tentiun "f all conccrned) TO bury the hatch.
ct between the North and the South. unite
the federal and confederate forces int. one
grand army. "verrun and snn"x the whole
Vi the British possessions in America anil
when this Is accomplished AS sufficient pun
ishment for the threatened interference of
England IN our domestic affairs. then T."
turn our attention to Spain. aud and set
tic up all sc,rcs with hcr-seixc Cuba anl
IIayti, and annex them. Then to absorb
the remnant Of Mexico, with all of Cen
trail America. and the adjacent islands.
This done. the two sections may. it they
like. sit down aud make an equal divisio
If the spoil. forming tw" grand csnfeiera-
cies out Of the cntire continent Or, If
deemed preferable. erect the whole into
one grand aud glorious Union.
Tue BHITIsn CAsISEr.-Thcrc can be
little doubt that Lord Paimerstsn's Gov
eminent is going rapidly to the dogs, aud
that the Conservative party are rapidly
rising in numbers and imp"rtance-as
far as the House Of Commons IL concerned.
How far tho general feeling Of the country
is in the same direction time will show:
but. rs regards the existing House. the
Government is doomed, unless It dissolvcs
in the spring. The Chsrch-rase question
saw some of the Ministers voting one way,
some another. MIR. Gladstone, fr in
st,nce, voted this year, AZ he did
last year. against the Bill; the
new Secretary to the Treasury, NJ. r.
Peel. voted with Mr. Gladstone; but, with
the exception of the Chancellor Of the
Exchequcr. the leading Cabinet Ministers
supported Sir John Tr-lawny.
The result was undoubtedly regarded
AZ Ministerial defeat, and was no received
BY a very full house. An eyewitness
thus describes the scene The effect of
the excitement WAS enhanced by the con-
trast brtwccn the hurly -burly which &c.
companicd the tellers, and the breathl.s.
silence in which the Speakers addres. 10
the House was listened to; and when he
wound up by declaring that his voice
vas with the noes the pent-up feelings
Of the Opposition brDke down oil b8rriers.
aud they poured out Of the House siu,ost
wild With their triumph. which hsd come
81 oPportunely to bear out the assurances
given them BY Lord Derby. in St. James
square, GU NJ inlay. that they had only to
will the overthrow of the Government and
succeed"
A DISTINCTION WITH 4 DuvEsxScE.-|
We see it published in the Tribune IN Il
Judge Meredith. Of Richmond, Va, has
granted . writ Of hadbeas corpus in the case
Of VIM. II. Harlbut. arrested a. q snv
and that he was released on bail. In
baltimore. Chief Justice fancy issued /.
writ Of hoLeas corpus in the case Of Mr.
Merryman. imprisoned BY Gen. Cadv.l-
!.der a traitor. and it vas not allowed.
" bile h'chmond il the hot bed Of rebel
lion" and baltimore IL . loyal c;tv In
the former the Judi;iary l. antram mele,:
aud In the latter IL l. trod,lau md. e..