Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-11

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: come have failed, often from the ayssas
: devised, oftneF from the manaeg Of I'd
= ninlstration. Wish ns the executive
! legislative and Judicial aaioers OF "a
government bold their respective plase
; by virtue Of our written, ratified asad q
. tahsished Consultation By aceepsis,
, those respective places, fos the pasform
anes OF psblle tEusts shsss different Oh
: GERS OF the GeEsxnmsns acknowledg
. The supremacy of our Csnstitatioa, ans
y before sntaEing apoa their daGise, sski
; a. cath to support all its proEisisirls. ),
The peopla when acting under the Cea.
) stisution, and lava ia selsstiag executive,
legislative and Judicial oaicsra, so aej
Tith p view, that their public saFrantl
Will faithfully discharge the several tFuate
10 them committed, and those trusts to
be faithfully executed are simpiy, to con-
sumats the objects for which the Con-
stituaon was ordained and sstahlsshea.-
The ends for which the government was
Instituted, and the Constitution adopted
are not lefa to as enshrouded with mystery,
Or yelled in uncertainty. We have il all In
The preamble TO the Constitution-so
| plain that he who runs may read, and
not only read but understands and 1t 10
| this - .0's
| "We the people Of United States,
IN order to form more perfect Union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquil
ity, provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordaiu and establish
this Constitution for the United States
of America" s' d.. '.s
That Constitution TO which this is the
preamble, provided for three grea& depart
| meats OF doYeFnment-thes legialstiye.
which vas TO pass the laws, the executive
which was to appS5se and axecals them,
and the Judicial was t. sxpopnd and en~
force them. The Constitution so framed,
vas submitted for raaiaation TO the Com
vsntions of the States, and after being
ratified by the States according to the
terms on which it was submitted became
the supreme law Of the land. By the
terms OF the Constitution ths powers del
egated to those three great depaF ssaents
Of government wore clearly expressed
and defined. Under this Constitution and
theory OF goVGrnin nent-the legislative
Can pass Laws but ii cannot approve and
execute them, neither can it expound and
enforce them, for this would require an
exercise Of executive and judicial pow
or which it does not haFe. The execu-
ave can approve aad execute laws, only
after they are passed By the Legislative,
and after they are approved, the sxscn-
i've cannot expoQnd aad enforce them
for this would require aa exercise Of
judicial power which the executive does
not haEe-the Judiciary eaa only expsund
aud enforce such laws as have baaa pasa-
ed BY the Legislative and approved BIZ the
executive. - ....
Under our theory Of government a /
law is the WritseR viii Of the legislaGure,
which has received the approval of the |
executive. There 10 no warrant under
our Consultation for the legislature to |
exercise executive or judicial powers, /
neither Is there foE the executive TO en- /
ercise Legislative or Judicial powers
The exercise OK powers by oas depart.
ment OF tha government belouging to an !
other is a crime aud mlsdemeanor, for |
which the party offending is liable to i'm |
,peaehm2nt aud panishmeat. The WRIT |
ten will Of the executive, assuming to |
prescribe rules of civil Sondnct, by Which
be commands WRak be believes to- bc |
right and prohibits what be believes TO bel
wrong, has 90 validity whatever as Law, |
for 1t i'd bat the will of one individual, /
expressed in defiance of Law and ia az !
ter disregard of the Constitution. IL
the executive tis to judge when he may
exercise legislative POKER, he mag also
determine when be may exercise judicial
power, if he may exercise the ona power
upon any exigenoy he may the other, and |
thus consolidate ia one department of
the Government, executive, legislativeI
and Judicial powers. But the feamers
of our Constitution wisely provided
against such despesism, BY dividing and
separating those different powers-~crea.
ting 3 different department Of govern.
ment for each. placing il beyond Che
power of the executive under any pre-
tence whatever 10 unite them. -.
We cannot believe thai tha American
people now or hereafter, will yiald upI
without q struggle our pFesent system Of
government and accept enoEhsf, which
eoutemplates Capitalization Of power
without any limitation Whatever upon its
exercise IN utter disregard ut the
aims and Objects had in viey by at the
adoption Of our Constitution. -.~...r
As / said bafora these are clearly set
forth in the preaable to our Corlstitu-
tion. And now Jet rs sae how faithful
or uufaithfal the party in power have
been in administering the goEernmeatE
for. the objects with which it was insti- /
tuted-who have been for the govern.
ment and who have been against it,
Have the teachings and practice of the
Republican party, from the time Of iss
organization up to the preset been, tin
order to form . nore perfect Uaiou," be.
Why thgy proclaimed shsir sensimnnta of
disuaion frem the 6Est and aoaghk to ar-
ray one portion of eomraon oountryl
against tho other. They declared that /
this government eould NOS eadare part
slave and part slave and part free, thAs it
must bscame all one thing or all the
other. When the Constition was rum
ning the gaaHtles of adoption before
the. conventions Of The several Stasea.
no hainan songaa thea eondemnad H.
because il proposed anian Of States,
which when thas formed wsald ba para
slave and part ffee@aa il rsaaiTad fo9
iisloyaltyg 70 Lbs govsFnaasns and sreason
to the Canssi sitataon nearly thres-saagssxa
of censary after iIs adoption 10 prs.