The Morning herald., 1877-01-23
01R0aRD ABB TAR PEACE Ia

stance of how the manner VI pfoieoee
nr;nciples Of coutending factions are in
1usnced by interest. The heir apparent
beipe With the Whigs they advocated the
doctrine Of hereditary right, representing
Il = almost indefeasible; while the To-
riss, perceiving that they were in great
,daneee of being driver from office il
the Regent were appointed BY addres.
with unlimited powers, entirely sacrificed
the doctrine of hereditary right and, in
substance would make the crownof Eng.
land elscsive."-"CampbelPs life OF Lord
Loughborough."
How singularly alike are parties and poll
'ticians, 1t al times. The Democracy occupy
Ii" exact position which the English
Whigs occupied upon q constitutional
question, in 17ss when George Ill OF
England became insane, and ii was ne
oscar, to appoint q Regent to carry on
The Government The Wings inherising
The political teachings, which brought
,hout the revolution Of 1858, whence ,ht
P.rl;.men. Of England declared the
:. ,hune vacant, accepted William
I'LL, and imposed upon him
The Bill Of rights. Upon the Regen'
cv question they seeded from the doctrine
while the Tories who always held thst
the King could do no wrong' and uphe'a
bersdi..r, right, apos,asi1ed for love q
pl.cs from their dogmas.and were practical
" making tn. crown of England elective,
The Republican party accepting fro"
Thaddsus Stevers the vile aphorism, thai
"tbere s.s no constitution has made 1t,
durine its existence the text of all their
;nv.sions aron the rights Of peoples, and
S..ses .rs nov sorely afflicted, because the
compromise measures. .arein violation OF the
constitution. Thi. is the most extraordi-
n,rv piece of assurance, to be found in the
history of free people, since the English
Tories the lineal pregeni,ors of the Re
publican party, became conssi'u'ionslls's a
csn,ury aeo, the operative motive OF the
change then a. now was the same-a love
of place-and place-mens pap.
Whether the proposed measure, Is or Is
not obnoxious to the constitution, much
can BE- said on both sides By every rule
of fair construction, the President Of the
Senate has only the power nominated
in the constitution, 'open all certificates,
- hi. power i. creation Of organic Law
he sakes nothing BY implication if So
custom analogous to common law, governs
and the custom has been to count ths
: vote BY ,ellerx-which is count by bott
houses, according to a we'll known Ia"
maxim, ''qui facit per alum facis per sc.
The usurpa,ion Of extraordinary power b!
Congress, va. danger during the psss, ,bu
the Democracy for sixteen years have s.
successfully comhassed, and overshre'
Congressional usurpation, tha. We deem
.bsard to fear danger from that quarter
Never in the history of Chrlstendom-sav
once, and tha, was by the States Genera
Of Denmark, in 1865 investing Fredricl
III. With absolute power, did = Represen
tative Assembly become guilty of usurrin1
power, to the desrimens Of popular right
In eur day, and country i. is idle and mis-
chievous TO talk oft We however deny tha
there is any usurpasion of power by Con.
eress but merely an equitable exercise o
4 latent right, to be advised
and have its conscience inform
ed, upon certain disputed and delicat
questions; BY men Of unspotted purity Q
character, and specially trained for the e1
animation and decisions OF such ques
6ooA reserring to. itself tn
right TO reject its conclusions, an
only agreeing to accept them in case the,
NEE, the appreciation Of at least one hous
of Congress. 1t thus makes provisio
.r,ins, 4 deadlock between the two house.
and, if these houses have The right to eour
the votes at ala right which they hav
10 often claimed and e1ercised-it
puerile to deuy them the right Of maxim
some practicable arrangement TO enabl
them to couu, in ease wherein they hap
pen to disagree
Such strains upon the constitution, {
Law. Of 4 country has often occurred, an
in all casesthe plan adopted BY the Parlis
ment, Congress, or Cortes, was wise an
led 10 benefcen, results. We refer to tt
Regency question 10 England, and it
still more interesting one concerning tt
las, viii and testament Of Louis XIV. TT
Pariiamen, Of Paris after the Kings dea.'