The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-10-20
A Dual Executive.

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General Government is, the great
southern and Northern interests ofthe
continent being opposed to each other
Look to the votes in Congress, and
most Of them stand divided by the
Of the country"
Seclionalism existed before the pres
ent Government WAS organized, and
scctionaIism has existed ever since.
The Abolitiouists Of the North, who
were at first m insignificant hand OF
fanatics, ultimately attained to such
formidable proportions as to exercise
a controlling influence over majority
Of the Legislatures Of the Northern
States, and even 10 shake the very pill.
lows Of the Government with ther
patric,dal hand. They had becu taught
from their cradles to look with hatred
upon the STAKEHOLDER, to regard slavery
rs IN unmiligatcd evil, and to consider
the Constitution which protected II As
q covenant with dea,h AMI an agree.
mcnt with hell " which they were not
morally bound to support. The Con
st,ution was uuEiGad ny Personal Lib
crty Bills time and again, and event
uolly 4 ptls,lc lent was elected WHO was
pledged to resist the extension Of Sla
very into any or the common territory
Of the UnitoI States, Exclusion OF
slavery from the territories was all that
the aholi,ioni-ts SantcA to enable them
to overthrow the institution in the
SOutl. Thrcc-roUrths Of the States
could make an amendment TO the Con.
,llution, and the rapidity with which
free States were created, left no doubt
in the minds Of Southern statesmen as
to the ultimate result Of the scheme Of
the uboltiDuists. The Southern States
we're forced to srccdc, or to stay in The
Union and see billions Of dollars in
vested in slaves swept away by con,
otiiutiouul amendment 1t was only 4
question Of time.
The equilibrium between the two
sections was long since destroyed, and
| the North "will soon have SO decided
a prcponAcrmcc in the Government
and the Union rs to be able to mOUlo
the Constitution to it, pleasure
! AguiNst ibis tie restoration of The
| Federal character Of the Go 'crulncN'
can furnish no remedy. SO long rs il
continues there can be 10 safety fOl
the weaker section. 1t places in the
hands Of the stronger and hostile SEC
ton the poser to crush her and her in
sttutous; aud leaves her no altcrna-
tive bat to resist or sink down into a
colonial condition.
1.-THE nature Of the disease is such,
that nothing can reach it short Of some
organic changc--a change which shall
50 modify the Constitution as to give
to the weaker section, in some one
form or another, n negative on tha ac-
ton Of the Government,
"Tlis may BE- done in various ways.
1t might be effected through rcor.
ganization o. the executive depart
mcnt; so that its powers, instead Of
being vested, as they now are, in sin.
Gle officer, should be vested in two !;
to be so elected, as that the two should
be constituted the special organs and
representatives Of the respective sec
tons, in the executive department OF
the Government; and requiring each
to approve all the acts OF Congress be-
fore they shall become laws. One
NIGH, be charged with the admjnistra-
ton of matters connected with the for
c9n relations Of the country; aud the
other, Of such rs were connected with
its domestic institutions; the selection
to be decided by lot.
1T may be doubted whether the
trainers of the Constitution did not
commit great mistake in constituting
a single, instead Of u plural executive.
Nay, it may even be doubted wLethrra
single chief Observation-Disclosures with
all the powers properly appcrtaining to
the executive department of the gov
ernmont, rs is the President, is com.
patlble with the pcrmancnce of Il popu-
lar government; especially in wealthy
and populous community, with large
revenue and numerous body of oil
GERS ard employees. Certain It is, that
there is no instance of n popular gov
eminent so constituted, which has
long endured Even ours, thus far,
furnishes no evidence in its favor. and
not n little against it; for, to it, the
present disturbed and dangerous state
If things, which threatens the country
with monarchy, or disunion, may he
Justly attributed. On the other hand,
he two most distinguished cons,lu-
ional governments of antiquity, both