Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-12
laws passed y with whom Who 2 ali il

scious Of power, the natural tenden-
cy is always to enlarge that power.
to trespassi beyond it's defined bounlt
dary ;lq.to trespass on the other de-
partments; upon the rights of the states,
the liberties. of the people. o1i7nb nod,
Here is the real danger Of all 7repubJ
lies. noE rood
/ Our fathers saw and felt this, 1lnz
Many in the constitutional -conyen.-
against this natural tendency to coneress-
siona1 . ,encroachment, the executive;
ought to- be armed with an absolute
veto. "Without this? said Mr.. Will
son, 'the legislature can at any moment
sink it into mere existence So 4 Me-,
Madison's proposition that il itwo.thirds
orthree-fourths should be- required to-
overrule the objections Of the e1ecautiySes,
it would answer the same purpose as an
absolute negative Mr.n6Wisona and
others contended, that it required a1afge
proportion OF each house to ,oysrrule TIE,
veto; # might do in peaceahlei times;
but thereg might be tempestueus mos'
ments in which 'animositiesp may run
high between the executive and isgisla-
tive branches, and in which the former
ought to be enabled to defend ITSELF d %
Z Mr.. Madison, whose wisdom impress
es us in proportion as we read his writ
lngs, while ne was unwilling tegiye the
Executive alone an absolute veto, was
IN favor OF assoclatlng with him the the
JuHoges OF the supreme Court and an
tnorlzhng them togethero TO weld that
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I.s3s. a;G ssI.sn: sslo 9o .,laG ,ilaI rthe rtnt,
tive Competent to its own yn'35 5efsnse arose
from the nature of lrepublicanq GOVERN
ment.--..an association ,of tbe Jndges
in his reyisionarvt function wonld botb
double the advantaee and -a;m;n;sb tba
danger. IT would also enableI the In
dietary Department the better to defend
itself against d leeislativeIg :. arcroacb.
ments---wbetber the ob;scteoe tha 'ra,,;s,
ionary power was to restrain the Iepisla.
ture from encroaching ON the other eo-or,
dinate departments. or ON the RIGHTS of
the -people at IaroA : ar from n..sirg
laws unwise in their principle or incor.
rect in their form--the utility of annex
ing the wisdom and, WEIGHT of the ;nd;.
ciary to the executive seemed ,incontes.
tablet Colonel Mason was for pivines,
all possible weight tothe ,reyisiousrv in2 2
stitntion "Tbe execut;ye mower, o,ah+
TO he we'll secured apa;6st 1iao;slat;vs
usurnations on il T5sI n,,,se and the
sword ought never to get into the same
hands, whether leg;sIative or execnt;vey ,,
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saiJ'. !Tf anx 81 soliJ id ob;sstion esc son,d e he
ssi, saia Il any rs soilaacplsealon copld pc
th .s'u gana;.; anSt Inc os,o'i .s ~ must & 9e On
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Governeur MOTIFS Mott contended a that the
interest It of our executive is 60, inconsid-
era6le and SO transltory, and d his me- means l
OF defending It SO feeble, that there y
the ! lustest ground to tear his want az OF OF
tlrmnesSs Ss II IN 81 resisting encroaehments T l
ne was .se2fl.snl extremely sdj apPrehseinr, =; !;
slye tnac ,ne a9Ainary nrmness Ii la ana ana
welgnt OF tne udiclary 3lf La wonla lbrs not sup
ply the the dehclency. He conc9urred ,a9l1 IN IN
thinkllng the PUBIC liberty IN greater geaff
canger rom telsiatlYe usurPations tnah %
Som any otner source mas Deen sara 3ae
tnat tne legislature ought 20 De relled a. on
as tne proper guardpial's arg Oh hPerty; Inc
answer was snCrt ana cSnelusl al9ner lsr
pau Jaws W WI! oe Pusqneu OF not, On tne
ia!'er supPoslslo'n' no cneck VIII pe want;
eo, On the former, strong check Will
De necessary--and TINS is the proper sup
Position.7, -. - -. ,,.. a. ei.
When objected by Mr., M IA atrtIn that as
ihe1 : eonstitgtlonality OF laws would come
before the Judges OF the Supreme Court,
IN u tnelr ualeial eaPaelty, ana thus = to
associate them Witntne Execntiye, would
give them a ooueie negative Mr" Madi,
SON. IN reply, saio ), II cons1l1utlonai 'llal
alscrlmlnatlon llntn OF me departments on On