The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-28
THE TITLE.
The Constitution Upon the Sub.
iect.

Ject.
Mir Hayes Is not. II seems. TO bc lcgi
la'ed out OF Che Office he fraudulent,
holds. The house, by vote which ma,
be called exemplary. has declared thai
ms tItle is irreiragiblc Ia law. This, OF
course, amounts to 4 declaration that tht
lonly way 70 remedy tile wrongs which
lput Mr. Hayes in Is 10 impeach hin
for -for-well, for what? We appear
TO be subjected 10 tie doctrine that the
lcognizability OF crime in president be-
gyms only after he has been declared
elected by the two houses and has been
iHauguratcd. The declaration Of the
two houses that he has received certain
number Of votes and j. elected consti-
tuies statute Of limitations as 10 the
lcrimes by means Of which The votes
Wee counted for him. Let us, for cx-
lanpc, suppose case: Suppose Mr..
Hayes himself had gone 70 Louisiana IN.
stead OF sending John Sherman and sup
pose he had suborHed perjury and lur-
gerry himself instead of authorizing J Ohm
Sherman to do il for him: then suppose
tiai on the strength OF that perjury and
forgery 50 suborncd, Mr.. Hayes haa
Deen counted in and inaugurated Iii
such an event III we have correctly ap.l
pretended the doctrine laid down b,l
Inc house, tie declaration that he han
been elected president would bar any
process against him that might effect his
title. The real state OF the case differs
IN form bnt moi Ia spirit from the one
we have supposed. ID Is not our pnr-
pose 10 dispute either the logic or cx-I
pcdlency OF The doctrine laid down hyi
ne house. Doubtless il Is best 10 throw
NJ many mnnimenIs around the title oi'
me Chief executive as possible: for thc
srad of forty odd millions Of pcnple
should not bc embarrassed bv any in-tA-
piiliy or inii4Mi:y inherent In lis lircnst \
n rlle dnung his constitutional term. \
MnNGptily The trainers of our orvanirll
aw never contemplated such poSsi-ll
1liiis a, the iAcis of the presidency III
lnelr deDates show that they apprr.
lr!ided such a thing as an attempt tOli
eiZe the relns Of power by miiiayl
oice. and the constitution shows Sub-
lanllal provision against such 4 CONF
ingcncy. But il seems I'd have been
ssuncd in 1889 that shere would never
= Wy fA"ttnt@ W bIli NNtliiitNN. HNlf
lny returning boards. This lnrt mas ihci
iiiiirulty that confronted Mr. hnDu and
~ colleagues offl.c judiciary conniiipr
y considering tile questions M l4w
Hised hy the kinmell bill. 1hr rase
VIM mol one of cNVoInding ciil.er ihe
eiter or spirit Of the constitution. br-
a'lse ~ those premises they found fhai
nsiilnncntnn utter blank They. illcrr-
ort. llnd one uf two things 10 do eiihera
roceed outside The constitution. and
innch forth into The realms 0t Legal.
nora and equitable space. where nnl
iAn ever SCARED before. or accept ih.l
npcriections Of the constitution t-eMl
! il'c limit of their purvicw. They
doplcd the latter course. Wr have NM
flliclsln 70 offer, partly because our
siimate Of The - called peril of tlrr,
asiun, under certain conditions. N mott,
I large rs the estimate oi SOME III lhc'..
ery able and conscientious gentlemen
\ the Judiciary committee. But wc
iimk we may quite perlincntly sa, tl,nr
ccnsiituIiun which provides nn remedy
y Ms lleii of presidency II NOT n
inAuie constitution ior any country M
ai lias reached that stage of develop. ~
eit AZ which such yrrniu ~ those nowlal
executive power appear upon tic sur-hls
&c OF rs political skin. IN