M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-12-10
TTIE CONscHIpIIoN 8Cg,
The Supreme Court OF PennEy
v.nia needles the COhseTi .ti0n a
Unconstitutional. e.

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COEuEUED FROM LAST WEES,
! And it seems to me that THE az
! "a Unconstitutional, because it plainN
viO!a,es the State systems inthis, tllal
! i ineorpuratps into this new natiUnsl
force ryeiy State civil ofiicer. exeepl
the Governor, aud thi4 excepted
might have been omitted, and everi
office OF our social institutions cleIgs
mgn, professors, teachers, superinten
denta Of Hospitals, &C., urd degrGleI
ali our Statu generals, colonrls, ma
I j'Ts, S., Into cmmuu eoldieIs, aua
| ,uijycrs all the social. civil and mill.
taIy Of The States to the Fedora! pow,
II to raise armies, potentially WIPES
lhYm out altogether, and lca YES ihq
State as dctensvlcss as an ancient city
with its walls broken drwn. Moth
lng is lett that has any constitutions
right % stand before the will Of tho
Fe'cral Government.
II this be 80, the party in power a
any lime holds all State rights in ils
hands. 1t is subject to no restraints
kept IhAt otlhe common morality
otlhe time and of the party, and eve
ry oho knows how weak and change
able this is IN times OF popular ex
cilement, when the party in powcr
convinced OF the rlghlness an. great
ness ot lts own ends, thinks jghtiv o
| the modes and forms that iu any way
nlstruct or rctard their attainment
There ARE no constitutional restraints
Of this power, il it exists, anu there
lore, il the unsteady morality oipartJ
,xctemenrs will bear it, the party Il
over may require all the troops t
ht drafted from the opposite party Ol
from States aud sectiuns where it pre-
walls.
Oar fathers saw these dangers, an
Lfpnlc,l the Constitution to staud ~
restraint upon parry power. rne1
lnew that party inpower naturally
,nclOaches upon every institution
that ObStructs its will, aud is inclined
when the powpr tOtters, to adopt ex
IRENE, unusual and unconstitutional
measures to maintainit; and they in
tended to guard against this. They
knew how Eplscopaliaus, lndcpen
dents aud presbytcriAnS, cavalier and
ruundhcad, court aud country, whig
and tory parties, had euch in turn
i whon IN power tyranniz.d ID over their
opponents ami sacrifice pr en- !anger
cd pubIics!i5efty. They h ID felt how
.reat vas the evil in all tho PARTISAN
struggles that preceded the Rlvoiu,
ton, and they desired posterity to
prct! by their experience. The very
restriction upon appropriations tpr
the support OF the army eX39edin
two years, - copied llunI 01r English
ancestors, anl WAS deemed b. th1Al
Constitutional limitation oi lhi par
tyin power More Of our cnns itu :
lions, State or Federal, have ANY pul
pose or t;I1Gtion muro important tlmr
,ia; .! l. etrain,ng aud rvGuLItin
tho paity thH may chance tO b. il
p5Ner, and that is one ot tue mos
important PURPOSES OF the separation
Il governmental lunctiua5 into i Igtr
rnt departments.
l. taay nnc real q lew Qftho in,
,mdcus IN Eu4Il-h history alone
without re'crpca toour own or Roman
urGrcciau uiS'ory. wdeluin lbtrt,
has Lcrn sacrificed to the interests .
Il party in power, and he 'Vill $50 bow
lnp,ltant are our constitutional re
,tllt,uns. and hpw lItlly probable it i,
tnat 81 Gira power MS this shon!o
| nave been luit hy our fathers withUu
rrstiiclnn-cOnr Othigh commis
lou, ecclesiastical commission, an
-tu chanhUr. and high courts q
4 Justice, AMI special commission o
iuJerand tJrmiurr. under such Jui !r'
as Seroggs and JrtIr.es created ioi
the purpose OF tryln, anil conlemn
ing ucs wnich ~ !aw lObade--'iber-
Ity of speech and Of the press mos
'rurIy punished by tn courts whcr
il vcnturrd on too free Il DIS .ent irun
the l'oIiGy o! the dominant parly-;n
rrmation by the Attorney Genera
substituted In such casu Idr indie
ulputs by the grand jury-msmter'
ol PariameUt expeib!d because thci
opposition was offensive or danger
qua to the ruling pnwer--milItary of
icefs dismissed because %, their p,li
ricaI opiGons, as were Ltrd Shel
burn, General Conway aud q |
Barre, under the Granville ministr,
for their opinions IN favor OF Amer
ci--rullnrs Of plols. real and fictitl
pns, sIcn as tho Oates conspiracy
rlio Meal Tub and Ryo House plots
raised mel magnitiel in order t,
, alarm fht people against II opposi-
tion, aud facilitate the downhll o
dangerous riva's-palroDHgS,- pen