Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-15

congress, can you go, uRr anu no
further, as laid down in jritten doc
ument.
We named an oficerkecute the
laws, called the Presil ~cOnferrlng
upOn him certain nowerl Execute and
carry out the provisioI Congress:
his powers were cOnfeknd limited
by the written constitute had never
been done before. WhFn! Still q
further check in this experiment
TO what tribunal or wmpire shall
it be referred to decide fhe question
whether Congress goesInd it's writ
ten license under this ctution of the
United States, and to umpire shall
1t be referred If the Eent shall 60
beyond the powers co&d upon him
by this constitution the United
States?
We had created a dss independ.
ent Of the President; Thad created
a President independOf the on
gress, within the powconferred by
the written instrumenthen the faith
ers decided that ant check was
necessary; this Presidhnd this Con-
gress, that we have s., may 60 the
way Of the French klblic, or the
Roman republic, andbther systems
of government that been formed;
even with a written stitution they
may agree upon a Cd. construction.
We will set up here fbunal. far re-
moved from politicahtest, the SUI
preme court Of the led States zap
plause), with power " to the public
body and the r~eprese5Fes OF the state
and the Senate: 81 far shall you
60 in dealing with thEhts of the peo-
pie. thus far and Ierther, and we
hold that you are fofen to do these
things by this constitn OF the United
States" (Applause.
They said furtherf the President.
occupying the office The greatest po-
tentate on earth, wihese great pow
ers conferred upon he may trans,
gress this constitute o. the United
States, and there Isl power to inter
fere with him as lands, except by
way of impeachmeuefore the Senate.
agree aer that hat power sessar Eid be futile, SO
that we will namds great tribunal.
far away from pkan politics, far
away from the pass of elections. far
away from the dictA Of party conven.
tons, and the decf of this tribunal
as to what may bone. or what may
be done. by the lsident or the Con
gress of the Unitedates, that decision
shall be final andnding on all the
of the U3d States. ZAP
Now. what havoc today? In the
first place, we hdthis extraordinary
made. Ee find the powers
conferred upon II president of the
United States to ecute the laws of
Congress in theseko things. we find
by the law Congress the Presi-
dent must see to hat the mails of the
States, Recommendations be-
tween our comm{al people, shall be
Kept open; that tmails shall 60 at all
hazards. (ApplaD
We find Congt providing, rs be-
.ween the states, Il the President shall
the law r{rding the free trans
of freighfd merchandise from
to state. find this power re-
and find The declaration of the
,arty platforms ME at Chicago q state
nent in effect thI the President of the
States cAot execute the fed
raj laws: cant execute the power
Conferred upon hi by Congress and the
constitution Of tlUnited States, except
y leave of thdovernor of the state
and II is declared, fellow
itizens-mark iwelEthis il declared
v a body of pehe that came together
t Chicago and cleared that they were
Why, eentiem1 in iss3, John 9. Cal
oun advised tit q convention gather
i the state of buth Carolina to con-
the QuesSn whether President
could ecute the law for the
election Of tai, this high protective
ariff, and to 4cute the tariff law Id
he state of Soh Carolina. That con-
declared that the federal gov
throu5 its President, had no
to executthat federal law in that
ate without r leave OF the g0vern-
Ient of South hrolina.
What did Jakson do? These people
Ill themselve} Jacksonian Democrats,
nd I speak Il the card. Before the
tier end Of 1$2, jackson ordered Gen.
cott, then inEommand Of the United
armies, to establish hio military
,adquarters 1.-THE capital Of south Car
ina. in the FIRST place. (ApplAuee.)
n the same hay he ordered the TWO
powerful ships Ii the Americas
IVY to Charlton harbor. Next 10 q.
red the trops Of the United States
.ailable on Rc Atlantic coast 10 cOm-
nitrate within striking distance Or
,uth CaroliA. (Applause.) And he
Mt word topohn @. Calhoun, not ~
Iblic proclamation, but in private-they
d been god friends before: az rid:
you tell Join G. Calhoun that IL W
rsists il thb REASONABLE advice to ~
lte, by the Eternal, 1 will hang
cher than faman. uaughtsf a16
luse.)