Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-15
Congress, can you go, thus far and no
further, as laid down in this written doc

! Congress, can you go, thus far and no
further, as laid down in this written doc
| ument.
We named an officer to execute the
laws, called the President, comforting
] upon him certain powers to execute and
carry out the provisions of Congress.
His powers were conferred and limited
by the written CONSTITUTIONS it had never
been done before. What then? Still a
further check in this new experiment
To what tribunal or what umpire shall
it be referred to decide upon the question
whether Congress goes beyond its writ
United States, and to what umpire shall
it be referred if the President shall go
beyond the powers conferred upon him
! by this constitution of the United
| States?
We had created congress independ.
a President independent Of the con-
gress, within the powers conferred by
the written instrument. Then the faith
ers decided that another check was
necessary this President and this Con-
gress, that We have Vet up may go the
Roman republic, and Of aother systems
Of government that have been formed ;
even with q written constitution they
may agree upon certain construction.
We will set up here a tribunal, far re-
moved from political contest, the SUI
preme court of the United States Zap
| plause), with power to say to the public
| body and the representatives of the state
and the Senate: '"Thus far shall YOU
go in dealing with the rights Of the peo-
pie. thus far and nQ farther, and we
hold that you are forbidden to do these
| States" (Applause.)
! They said further that the President,
occupying the Office of the greatest po-
| tentate on earth, with these great pow
ers conferred upon him. he may trans
gress this constitution Of the United
States, and there is no power to inter
fere with him as it stands, except by
way of impeachment before the Senate,
and if the Senate and the President
agree, that power would be futile, SO
| that we will name this great tribunal.
far away from partisan. politics, far
| away from the passions Of elections, far
tons, and the: decision of this tribunal
| as to what may be done, or what may
| not be done, by the President or the Con-
gress of theteUnited States, that decision
Shall be final and binding on all the
people of the United States. Cap
| plause.)
Now. what have we today? In the
| first place. we have this extraordinary
proposition made We find the powers
conferred upon the President Of the
United States to execute the laws Of
| Congress in these two things; we find
that by the law of Congress the Presi-
| United States, the communications be-
| tween our commercial people, shall be
| Kept open; that the mails shall go at all
hazards. (Applause.)
We find Congress providing. AS be-
| tween the states, that the President shall
| no In ror r6i frpn fr0n
mission of freight and merchandise, from
! state to state. We find this power re-
sisted. and find in the declaration of the
PARTY platforms made at Chicago state
nent IN effect that the President Of the
United States cannot execute. the fed
conferred upon him by Congress and the
Constitution of the United States, except
| by leave of the governor of the state
| (applause). and this is declared, fellow
| citizens mark it well-this is declared
by body of people that came, together
WHY. gentlemen, in. 1882, John G. Cal
houn advised that convention gather
in the state of South Carolina to con-
| slider the question whether President
jackson could execute the. law for the
tariff. and to execute the tariff law III
! 1.-The, state of South Carolina. That con-
| yention declared that the. federal gov
ernpent, through ats sP resident !, had no,
power e execute that fed INV il TIT
statS hout the leave - xoSeln-
NEXT st youth Cafolina. g
What did Jacl reons ID S 81 49, - ~
call themselves aeksol ~ i - q &
sand 4 speak ~ the BeffollrreS he
latter end Of 1882, "a eksen ordered G:en.i
I Scott hen IL CON - OfS 81 r.
/ ssstate1 arpaies, to 1T liah hi
QlinA, in The first plnce. ApplaOse.)
/ On = me Gla y he ordered the two
most powerful ships in the American
navy to Charleston harbor. Next he Or
dered the troops Of the United States
available on the Atlantic coast to con-
eentrate within striking distance Of
South Carolina. (ApDlause.) And he
sent word to John G.. Calhoun. not by
public procla nation, but in private-they
i had been good friends before: he said:
You tell John G. Calhoun that if he
persists in this reasonable advice to his
state, by the Eternal, will hang him
higher than Hannah. daughter. and APP
plause.)
No New Sectional Issue will be Toll
Grated.
SENATOR THURSTON. VI.
MY fellow citizens, there are other rea-
sons vet why the loyal people of this
county should stand together at this
time. Senator Tillman of South Caro-