Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-01-04

the department. A great variety of fibres,
mostly tropical, have also been received
from the Smithsonian.
One of our Washington dailies complains
that the tenure of Office law is not observ-
ed, that it has become dead letter, and it
is therefore not improbable that the re-
peal of the law will be carried in by both
houses. The facts in the case are quite the
reverse. The tenure of Office act as it now
stands, two sections of the original act of
March ., 1867, repealed, and in lieu an
amendment passed last April, has so mod
flied the old law that the President is no
longer required to i've any reasons for sus-
pension of an officer.
As two bills have already been introduce
ed into Congress that have for their object,
a diminishing of the jurisdiction of the Su-
preme Court, a word on the matter may
not be uninteresting to Your readers. The
advocates of these measures claim that the
judiciary should have nothing to do with
what are deemed by the legislative branch
of the government as political questions
If what are claimed to be political ques-
tons could be defined, or in other words,
if lawyers could agree to any boundary for
this class of legislation, there would be less
danger in the indulgence of an experiment
of this kind Butthe fact is they cannot,
and whenever we oegin to say what class
of laws are political, and therefore not
subject to revision by the courts, who is to
say where their end shall be? There is
bound to be strong opposition to the pas
sage of this bill, or this one reason, if no
other, that the time may come when the
precedent sought to be established by these
bills will be dangerous to the liberties of
the people. twill be contended that the
judicial department should be left free to
interpret, pronounce, and execute every
law in the enforcement of right, and in the
redress of wrongs; for if not, some other de-
partment Of the government must usurp
this power in order to command obedience
to the Laws; and without obedience to the
laws, thee can be no security tolife, liber-
ty, or property. No remark, says Judge
Story, is better founded in human expert
ence, than that of Montesquien, when he
said, "thee is no liberty, if the judiciary
powers bt not separated from the legisla.
tive and executive power"
1t is wei TO remember that the wisdom
of all governments makes it the duty FOL
the legislative department to make thu
laws, while the execution is charged viii
their executive, and the judicial with tn,
application Of the same in the affairs 0
men. BUTT is proposed in these bills nov
before Congress to provide that the court
shall apply certain laws whether they thin
them constitutional or not, thus leayin
no Safeguard as contemplated by the con
stitution between the legislative power an
the people, making the administration G
justice depend upon the caprice or favor {
whatever party may for the time be i
power,
The general land Office has Just receive
returns of the survey of nine townships i
the southern part of Dakota territory, nea
the Dakota river, embracing an aggregat
of 204 300 acres of excellent agriculture
land well watered, with surface gently rol
ing and covered with superior grass. Til
water power of the streams of this sectio
of the public domain, the adaptabiIity
the soil to the culture Of the cereals, an
the advantages offered by the climate an
indigenous heritage for sheep and catt
herding, invite It's rapid settlement by en-
grants DESTROYS of engaging in manufa
turing a well as agricultural pursuits \
so three townships in California, At Il
base Of the eastern foot hills Of Mount ID
ablo range, near the great Tulare LAX
embracing the divide between Tulare an
Salina valleys, and containing Sc, 2I7 acre
The surface Of these townships Is general
elevated and rough, but indented with NJ
merous beautiful valleys, possessing rio
alluvial soil covered with verdure and ".
tered by abundant springs, arroyas al
lagnas. These lands are especially valu
bic for grazing and also contain indication
of great mineral wealth as well as hume
Gus hot sulphur saline and petroleu
springs.
LIFE