Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-12
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cured beyond the sp9wsr p, ,5aipg taken away
by eitheror both Of the' Others But, at the
same time,TtlFe relations 'dfeach to tho other,
shOuldb bey 80 )strOng 'thdt thefe should be
mutual interest to sustain and protect each
otherr There .shoAld p9b. ordeOHe constitu-
toDaf means, but personal motives to resist
encroachmehts 0fone or either Of the Others
Thus, ambition Would Be made to counter
act ambition athe dgsireiof power TO check
power, and the pressureof iAtefeS6 70 balance
an opposing gipterest, sTh9s4adieiary is nat
uralfy aud ALMOST fsSar ilga aslEmB seen al
ready slid, the weakest department. 1t can
have HoImeansl of Interest ny. patr9nage.---
Its powers can AneVef w wfelded tor ttsalf. 1t
9hWs e0nnndnn- -tAe- purse or sword of
the n9tiQaY ItSan peitheE lew tsEes nor ap-
propIfate money, nor command armies, nor
appoint 70 y0fiGe. ItI jap eIerObrGngbt into
with the P PsGPlSS X sRgS1s
belong to all other departments OetAe Govern
ment. It is seep Only in .coptroYsrslesOr IN
trials and pdhisRmeiits It's rigid justice and
| impartiality give it no claims to favorI, h0w-
ever they may. 70, respect, qggVs1b sHT
-It stands solitary and unsupported except
| bylthat portion of public opinion Which fsin-
terested only inthe tstIiob adninistMti6n of
or zealGus SUPPORT either of the Executiye,or
LegisatureifJhey are not, as isnot tiffreqdent-
~ the case, JEALOUS Of its nrsrogatiyes lCIbe
constant necessity of sciutiniziDg acts Ofeach
uponiRpplieation Of any private person, and
the painful duty of proh0dnciig iudgnieht
that these, acts are depaItnTeirom thelaw
or Constitution, can have no tendency to4cOn-
ciliate kindness, or nourislr iHauence..
1t would seem, therefore, that some addi-
tional guards would, uudeE,such circumstan.
oes, be necessafy to protect this department.
fr9m,t the absolute dominion Of the otbefs
Yet rarely have any such guards been applied,
and every attempt to introduce them hhsbeeh
resisted with u pertinacity, which demon
stratas how.slo popular leaders are to intro
duee checksinBenrthdir own power, and how
slow the people are to believe that the JudiE
ciary is tile real buIwark of their libertes,us
/ Ii any department of the Government has
undue influence or absorbing power, i6 Ger
tainly has not been either the Executive or
Judiciary, In addition to what has been said
10y these distinguished Writers, it may also
be urged that the dominant party In each
House may, by the expulsion of a sufficient
number members, or by exclusion from repre-
sentation of "a requisite number of
States, reduce the 5mnorityd to less
means, might be enabled to pass q law,
tue objections of the President to che contra
ry Notwithstanding, which would render itnL9
potent the other two departmsn sof the GdY-d
eminent, and make imperative tho Yhole-
some and restraining power which it was in
tended ny the fTamersoof the Consultation
should bo exerted by them, This youldIbea2
Congress of the United States. bFHis, IN the
/ language,of the authorof. the Deeiarati8Hi fi
Independence, would, bssp precisely the ideflnfis
tiOn Ut despotlsm., l have preferred to repros, a
dnce these t5aehingsof great statesmen and
unconstitutional lawyers of the early and later
days of the RopUbltvs ,tast6t than to rely sim
ply upon an xpFsssioA of my e~naoptnf0h&
Wecannot too often recnr to them seepacial1
ly at eofjuncture like the present. Their =.
applicationto0 our actual condition is SO an.
parent that they now come to as as Ii7ihe y
voice, to be Istsued tolwith more attention.
We havoSSsB and arJ W. II IT the he midst Sess q 2
popular eOm.aotion; the passions aroused by
a great civil wariate stillydOminautR qmco mo
l9 1t is not q time favorable to thatscalm and N
deli berate Judgment which is the only safe I
guide when radical changes in. our instita-.i
tiohs arc to be made. The measure now be-,
fore me i6 one of those ohanges. It initiateS :,
an nntried experiment for apepple who, have
said with one voice, III is not for their good,
70 This alone should max q us pause b1t'itis -
mot all. The experiment. has hot been tri6d, or
so rnhoh of itas was demanded by the spso7 q,
pie of the several States, for themselye In J,
UuG lew Oh buebo OBaVeS mas BuCn an 1An0VA1f =
tion been allo we'd as giving Ballot to tho, =
colored population, without any other ALI y,
fication than a residence Of one year, aud in ~
most of them the denial Of d ballot to this ~
race absolute,aud byfdndamentall law placed y. .
beyond bhe domain of ordinary legislation -,
In most of those States the evil of such sur,
frage would be partiali butt shhalpas 'wohldl
be, it is guarded by constitutions baFrieia-ssui
Here the innovation assumes, formidable pro M
portions, which may easily grow to such an :
extent, as to make the white population a =
subordinate element in the body politiosgIkfd
ter full delfberation upon this, measHre;I can Y
pot bring myself to approve it, even upon a
local considerations, nor yet as the beginning
of an experiment on larger SCALE 1sISih 'aoea9
yield to no one in attaohment to that rule ~
of general suffrage which distipgushesouFii
policy as nation, but there is a limit, wisely,
observed hitherto, which makes the ballot a,
privilege and trust, and Which fequifes or
some classes a time suitable for probation
and preparation, .To, give itindi diseriminats.o
ly to a now class, wholly. unprepared by pre-, ri
yious habits aud Opportunities to Perform
the trust which it demands, is toSdegfsde ft
and finally to destroy its p0werY fIfitanay n
| be safely assumed that no politicsl itpnthrisin
better established than that such indiscrimi-
nate aud all embracing extension Of popular
suffrage emqst endat lastin its destraeto6! 81
o. h,oruoaozr nEnrANRB BRyI JOHSsoNuso
WASHINGTON, January 5, 1S67troaHi bns 5du'