Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-04-23

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tleman upon that side OF this Chamber
who will undertake to claim-that BY
reason Of any provisions Of the Fed
eral Constitution the President nov
holds the power OF which this amend
ment proposes to deprive him2 Il
there a man left in the House on eithc
side who, aitor the clear and logica
presentation Of the issue made few
days since by my colleague from Ken
lucky, [Mr. Carisle,] will undertak,
TO assert that there was any sucl
power on the part of the Executiv,
prior to the act of Congress Of 1895 ?
Sir, II the utmost be granted, If it bt
admitted instead of being denied, as W.
deny it, that this power was originally
held by the President, il was held by
reason of a congressional statute
and OF necessity the authority passing
that statute and comforting that power
must be clothed with equal authority
to repeal it.
The Constitution does not rive tC
the President tho RIGHT 70 send IN,
armed forces of tbis Government int
anv state even 10 sunnress domestic
violence bv no means II gives ths
riobt IN tbe preudent of his owp mo
tion n goes turtber and reouires him
IN nrotect eocb state from invasion by
the emnIovment Of the m;l;tarv mower
But IL only confers unon him the autbo
ritv 10 send tho armed soldiers of thi.
Cove, ,nmentinto n state to snnnress do
mestic violence when tho Ieg;slatnre
Of tbat state or ;ts govornor The Lee
islature moi being convened shall make
a reon;s;t;on unon him
Uc is NOT to proceed upon annreben,
sion he ia not nermitted 10 anticinate
domestic v;olence No;tber be nor the
exocntive Of the state nor its Legisla.
tnro are nerm;tted 70 exerc,se sucI an.
ticination II mnst be unon n nre.ex.
isting sta,o of things Domestic vio.
lenoe must exist and that fact must he
certified bv the LeoisIature of tbe
State whose neace "a disturbed or
when that Ieoislatnre NAV NOT be con.
vened then by the obiet execntive ol
that Common wealth
The President Of tho United States
ia the recinient of no mower of impli.
cation. There is not preropatiye that
he holds which ia not clearly defined
and clearly limited bv the nrovisions
of our organic law That Cnnstitntion
has made this Congress in exnress
terms bv positive provision. the grand
reservoir into which all powers Of i'm.
plication flow. No sir this amendment
cannot in the very nature Of things
oontemnIate revolutionary action
But Il Is said that il is not IN its
proper plaoe when ingraftcd upon an
appropriation bill. Is there gentle,
man in this Chamber who will dare 10
take issue with me upon the assertion
and | make It measuring the full i'm.
mort of nv words after a careful exam.
nation of the statutes--that more than
one-third Of the permanent Legislation
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sn,s uoterI,neI' nni ~ 40 :. S.anu, uon ~" .ne
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A., ARM n ennronrist;on hills ? '
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w nvy S"'o " '',,as .a.neI u9on wy 20
sto sr rsv;ew % Of ths conntlsss Instances
~S;cS W. that s;ds Of ths Honse have
wnicn Una. slue VI .ne nouse nave
oadan,a Sor ,hs action that we take
S;u r''I ;s Iao,,rss .y s mon [ revolnt;on arc ~
ba M rad ~ ns ,et rJ rthsm come from aoms ~
ny amber e " w no. ia not b;msalf convictod
nn aho ro"orJ
y" Tho sho rouo .ou,ion,on fror, ob;o rMr cor
e.iaI ~ IA Wv shat th;s ,ras an ofnr, an