The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-24

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newly elected Congic~, % convene the first
Monday OF the1olloWtug December. This
policy was based an the provision, ot thc
Constitulion, which tcade
THE Congress shall assemble AZ least
once ia every Yrdr and Such meeting shall
he ON the hr-t Monday In ncgcmbcr unlrs,
they -luli by law appoint diflcrrhl day.
The times, places, and nmuner ct huld-
Ing elections ior Senators aud Representa-
tvc- Shall be- prescribed ia each State lay
the legislature thereof; hat the tuugrr--
may at any Time, by law, make or alter
such regulations except rs To the places oi
choosing senators.
Uudcr these two provisions several tou-
grcssrs at different periods. helwccn the
adjournment of the inst on the IHth Sep
tember, 1880 aud 27th of February, 1878,
passed acts requiring newly elected bodies
to begin their sessions on other day- ia
other months. Several instances at ,uch
changes are historical These facts do
away with the very prevalent notion, that
or ay other d1g h01 Adf Srscihed q, Hs
Constitution, Congress cannot legally con
vcuc, unless called together by proclama-
tiou of the President. Ia each Of the in
stances in which Cnngres,e, departed from
the specially named month and day ior
thcir rc-as@cmhiug. there was some pee
cular cVigrnrv paramount to induce such
action. on tii~ pointth Cincinnati Cnm-
ae,rioi remarks,
~ Whether the present situation OF tho
country is such as 10 call for similar Ygt-
lance on the part of 1ur National lcgis-
latIlre is question which occupies the
minds of multtudcs of those who have re-
cehtly sustained that body hg ap oycP-
whening vote of confidence. Onc thing
Is clear the PeroSativo Of the existing
Congress to provide by law tor the con
vcning of the Ferticth Congress at rs early
day atcr the ;Id OF March next ~ 1t may
choose, l. indisputable, IL would De- fully
justified In So doing, both by the letter of
the Constitution aud by the political pre-
cedents which We have rccited.'
The drilt OF PiHlIIrs' Yemlrk can now
be more fully Appreciated This Congress
has HE power, by It's ows act, 10 convene,
the next QUE, the very hour in which It's
own existence closcs. The rrio, nv the
President, would be- ihc only obstacle in
the way fh1t not beIng interpoSed, there
il noihing 10 prevent the Legislative
branch OF ths Government from being
made pejI'rtaGf
That such a move is IN ssriaus contcm1
platlon We hayr no reason to doubt; and
tkat It WIN be rcsorted to- In the event Of
the breach hrtWecn that body ami the
Executive being Kept As II has been. or be-
Ing stlll more widencd we have equally
strong reasons fnr like conclusion.
Claiming, as It. does, fhat the people, 10
their late elections iudoi>cd and strength
encd the rcrolnHonaiy spifit Of that body,
Is il likely dat unless lAe lTesidcnl itts
,tp,ea. Congress win nor oulJ continue its
Radical policy, Rtwill push to the most
violent extremes