The Dickinson press., 1896-10-24

turther, 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 q
To what tribunal or what umpire shall
it be referred to decide upon the question
whether Congress goes beyond its writ
ten license under this constitution of the
United States, and to what umpire shall
it be referred if the President shall go
beyond the powers conferred upon him
States?
We had created a congress independ-
emit Of the President; we had created
a President independent of the con-
s S5esy wr; With'n ins the powers TS sonf ERR d,t 5y
ers decided that another check was
necessary; this President and this Con
gross, that we have set up, may go the
way Of the French republic, or the
Roman republic, and of other systems
even v with a written rite u" constitution tfsa lof: shey
may agree upon a 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
and the Senate: "Thus far shall You
so in dealing with the rights of the peo-
pie, thus far and no farther, and we
hold that you are forbidden to do these
things by this constitution of the United
States !!Applapse)
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
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
away from the dietation Of party copven;
as to what may. be done, or what may
not be done, by the President. or the Com
gress of the United States. that decision
shall be final and binding on all the
people of the United States. ZAP
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
luul NY LAC 1d" VI OOuSICSS Liz IVSIs
dent must see to it that the mails of the
United States, the communications be-
tween u commercial people, shall be
kept open; that the mails shall go at all
hazards: (Applause.)
tween Ws th a ste Gesst tSat t RReoT PeesIden IS shalt Sfi
execute the law regarding the free trans
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 a state
ment in effect that the President of the
eral laws; cannot execute the power
conferred upon him by Congress and the
Constitution of the United States, except
by leave of the governor of the state
(aDplsuse9, and this is DECLARED, fellow
by a body of people that came. together
ut Chicago and declared that they were
J%aGksonian Democrats; CO.! 9L23ughter)
houn advised that a convention gather
slider the question whether President
Jackson could execute the law for the
collection of tariff, this high protective
tariff. and to execute the tariff law in
the state of South Carolina. That con-
%vention declared that the federal gov
ernmeht, through it's President, had no
state without the leave of the govern
ment of South Carolina.
What did jackson do? These people
call themselves Jacksonian Democrats,
and 1 speak BY the card. Before the
Scott. then in command of the United
States armies, to esta blish his military
headquarters in the capital of South Car
DINA, in the first place. (Applause.)
On the same day 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-
South Carolina. (Applause.) And he
sent word to John G. Calhoun, not by
public proclamation, but in p~rivate-they
hal been good friends before; be said:
"You tell John c. Calhoun that If he
persists in this REASONABLE advice to bis
state, by the Eternal, I will hang him
higher than Hanan. daughter and ap-
%plause.)