Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-26

OF enc President OF the United states the d0ctrnt
that tho defense OF liberty naturally yests to Execu
tive power, and ID its peculiar duy1 Who 10 he, that
generous and confding towards power where it s most
dangerous jealous only Of those who can restrain III who
he that reveTiDg the order OF the State and upheav.
Ing the base would poise the pyramid Of the political
system upon It's apexf Who IL he, that, overlooking
with contempt the guardianship Of the
gusrdanshp OF the people themselves who 10 he that
declares TO as through the Predents lips that the
ourits for freedom rests In Executive authorty1 Who
he that beeB the blood and libels the fame Of his
ancestors, BY declaring that tey with solemniy
and force Of manner have invoked the Executive power
% the protection Of liberty7 Who thus
charges them with the insanity reckessness Of put
| ting the lamb beneath the lions paw? No sir no
Dir. Our security 10 IN our qodtrt tulnsss Of NDecu
ttss peecer It was the Constitution Of this depart
great work Of creating our present aovsrnmsnt To
give to the Executive department such power as
should make Il useful, and yet not such % should
and strong and vet to prevent IL from sweepng away
everything BY its union Of military aud civil authority
the influence Of patronage, and office and fayor-ths
indeed. was difficult, They who had the work to do,
the difficulty, and We see IL aud 4 We would maintain
system we shall act wisely to ths snd by preserving
every restraint and every guard which the Constitution
nss A9S Ensn w and taG;s who come as
for them some popular Executive, by the power Of
patronage and party, and the power too Of that very
popularity shall not prove an for all other
do not wish, sir, to impair the power Of the Pres
dent az Il stands written down in the Consultation and
% great and good men have hitherto exercised It. In
Nf BuS win not seaussos In the reversal Of all jast
ideas Of government; will not degrade the character
popular IepresenatiOn viii not bllndy connde where
trust Executive power vested In the hands Of single
magistrate, TO be- the guardian Of liberty,
The history Of to-day 10 o realization of the
gloomiest anticipstions and proves to have been
well-founded the worst spprehensions Of the
masser-minds who have passed away, gone ut
terly from the councils of the nation. oh! that
our country could barter host Of plgm.es that
are fastened upon her and sap her vitals, and
receive In exchange one of the giants whom
they have succeeded! Would that she could
ahake off the Wades, Summers, Chambers,
Wilson's, Stantons, Stevens, Lovejoys, and take
to her service in their stead MAN-one single,
true, honest, brave, patriotic man. "It will be
we'll for u.s." said Mr.. Webster, "if some pop
ular Executive, by the power of patronage and
party, and the power, too, oil that very popular.
ity, s1all not prove an ove.-match for ell other
branches of Government" What would Web.
ster have said II be could have witnessed the
present condition of the country7 He foresaw
the danger of Executive encroactment upon
the power of other branches of the Govern
ment; but he and bis compeers no doubt looked
for the danger to come from some great, able
and popular" President, armed with hold upon
the hearts Of the people by great deeds In the
feldor Cabinet, and challenging popular respect
BY towering intellect, But he and they would
find this nation prostrate, abjeot, In the dust,
not under such an Executive 90 they contem-
plated, but under man 90 poor an apology for
o statesman, so imbecile, co destitute OF INTEL
lect, and Of every quality that goes to make up
o claim TO confidence, esteem or respect, that
Webster, and suoh es he, II their vision could
reach 90 far down as to see him at oil, would be
startled to fud him representing the most OBJ
scure Congressional district In the country -
And such q man, with men In high station
around him beftllng such chief, hos proven
an over-mstch for all other branches Of Gov
ernment." Not by their popularity have they
been enabled to fasten thelr claims upon the ua-
tion,. for the annals OF the country record no
Administration less popular, none more odious
aud contemplate. In 1850 the opponents Of De-
mocracy, eager 10 defeat that organization By
any means, courted the fanatlcsl Aboitionlsts,
and permitted them to dictate the party ahibbo.
leth. Unhsppily, divisions prevailed among the
Democrats, which gave the victory 10 those who
had for years been ct war against the Consti
tuition and the laws. In the heat of that con-
test, In the great popular ebullitlon attending
II, the scum now defling the high places Of the
nation was thrown upon the surface. And now,
not by their popularity" but by the official
power thus In on evil hour conferred upon
them, and by their unsorupulous abuse Of that
power, unrestrained by the laws of God or
man, these dregs Of the nation have been able,
In two short years, to "prove an over-metch for
all other branches Of Government" The
hypocritical pretext for the assumption of unau-
thorized and unlswful powers has been the resto-
ration of Union they have been denouncing
and coutemning for quarter of century--a
Union which Stevens and Others Of the more
bold and frank among them now openly avow
themselves opposed to! sr..5 MD
Through all this history Of the contest for
liberty" said Mr.. Webster, Executive power
has been regarded 90 the lion which must be
Gagged" lg s.. .Ifs .Ja I'D ...~.
Americans! Freemcn! You have felt the teeth
and claws of this "lion." Under our Constitu-
tion and Laws, which we are bound to respect,
you cannot cage IL until the fourth of March,
l605-but In October next the free white cih-
zsns Of Ohio can old 10 extracting its teeth and
clipping its claws. E in-