Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02

| House Of Commons as their only repre-
sontativcS and protC Ctors. This Partially
they brought with them TO these shores,
and hundred and nfty years of colonial
RUE hld not served to weaken 1t. The
royal governor came TO thom from over
sea Their judges bore cOmmi SaiOns from
the crown But their members Of assem-
bly, were mon OF their own class and
choosing These they would Trust. Then
again, in England, Parliament, which had
been coming more and more "a n year TO
mean the House of Commons. was SUI
prcmc. No written constitution curb Il
its power. How natural II was. among
a young people out Of such a stock, eager
TO preserve popular rights, and just emo u
ing Mom Ions ana desperate struggle
with the Tory power, that the Legislature
should have been trusted beyond its prop
or sphere. And yet, as we have seen, the
people of Vermont seized upon the true
conception IF a rigid separation of the de-
partnents, and the tendency Of time has
been TO remind us ever more focribly that
the executive or judge is, 10 less than the
legislator himself. the mere agent of the
people, selected by and responsible only TO
them.
No moro important principlc has como to
light in modern times than that the pow
ors of government are essentially three,
and that the liberty of tho citizen largely
depends upon securing the exercise of
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things somc,ur must make the law; some
one must decide whether Il given case falls
within the law, and, If it does, someone
must sec that the law is carried out.
law t,i,,r ,,o,,.,,. 1,,,i.,..s tnnt a. ,houid
i , ,','7 ~ i,,% tah,, S,ttt e.,
accused of murder. ihe court tries him
and determines that he is guilty; that is
,i,hin en- ,,,,,,,,,tiib'I ,,Ia ~, cn,,,.,
,rono',nros tcrtcn,n.' and thnt is nothina
i,ut ~, o,,,,ii,,ttnn Of tha nhst,,,., ,ui., ~
mo loncrdil casa 1.bc y,,rr,nt is ;es,,od
~ ID, SOW 4h., mn, 81 tr, ,xncuti,.c ne
,1u,,. &C. uitHo,t 1i.orotinn ,,oro,,, r. Az
rc,,fe tho .r,,tsnco Of thn court yvhich e.
,.,i,. tht, so,,,,,o, ae a. ta,,. ,sa,.i,cr
nnit,,'r no,,. Of ~, ,ardoni,, ,|,yo,. ,yh tr,f
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,,u.s,i,,,odp W. r. nov, .,.iI.rr, bo.
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evoru,ion M s,,,,,,o.,,, 49,, ,,a,,. a,.i,1I,co
has r,ron tn lionto i-ntu , snssiot, Of tho
l.opisIoturo has intc,ycnod mo exocu,ivc
&c ,,ouerIos. 70 ,a,.l,,, ,rto oo,,rt corrot
,atrv bir, ono o,..,,,,o i ioft ca,, tbo
.ecieIat,tro .tot,o bin,o Ma. no+ ,,,o Iosis-
1.trrc cboren ,b, ,,o,,,Ii,.4 St,,. - nat
cbnyuo tho i,u,o 1-n1o,Lti,1t, IL ,,o,. 60
far nc ptu, St,tn ropytit,,ti.p to. ,D,,,,.,,-
cd T.rdoubt.llv IL ,,.,,. ca f,,. a., ,i,, rd
cro1 cnnsti.ution is c1r,co,.rcd If 81 do nor
thorolv vioInto Tho nrohi,,i,inr ,s,inst
ueseiro any, cx most forto Iu, II r,oy
nae. d, o,,,,.oi Lao. ,,,ttio,.i +,' ,,,,'
ieb.ncrt in nj such cns"s Ass,,r,in, Won
far tho ronont th,t iifn i,,r,isnnn5cnt is
r,;ih ,,,ii,,, ~, ' iI ~ -,
isInfIiro MAJ 90 nhanca tho law tbat IAN
Smitb shnii NOT smffer dc,tbo We ~
max, tho s,,,,o t,,,- frr rnbr -,nitb ard
for air otbor rnor PM 49,. +,,a ,,i,t,
turo sav 'ot tho Ia,, 10 .,,,1 ,,,,at,, a., -
is for al o,bo,. dn,.h &C., Iab,,
Smith il shah no i,nnrisonr1rrt for Iifa9
NO-urIoss If r,o,, ,,,ai,o or, i,u. fo,. ,.n,,
and nnotbcr I.y- fo,. M,
Docs eucb IN oct inrri,,er, una, +bo -,
.rrutiv. dan,,,t,narto ,,hot ,,,g, ia,,o,,t
.up,, v.hnthcr IN, oct L. a Ian. IN ~ -
nr,.re, sense Of tb,t ,,.ori - is tba ,,,t'-
incr of th,. .>acuti,.o ia Cx-.,,,o tho lao.
If Is dinirnlt to SEQ bo,, 49,, ,,,ii;,,.r &c
any. ,,,, i 90, ri,',,',,i ',,>',.7
nrovincn Of tbo ovocu+i,.a 5,,ta.. ~ y.o,,id
inros, uno, If eor,o d,,,,. ,,ot Il, tta ,,.,.
turc ,r an executive d,fv a.. da,ri,.a Il
of same newer osecrtio1 to th,, 1,,ar,
mont rbis oct d,as ,,itt,,. /. -.
10 tho ovocuti,,a thu axerutio, Of tbo cav
tenrc n,acnI1, ALTERING ~, snrtoroa 70 ho
.nfor,od II CON hn,1i,. L .,ii - 81
executive dnnartmcnt so,-o fnr Ire nar-
doninr nowc,. has any, i,tares+ IL, Tho
character If tho sop+orcn n cb,lI oxoc,,+o
This becomes Maine, etiu who, ,.a ,of,,ct
that if the IepisIaturo shou1d n,ss - CON
cral st,titfa in p,itio,tinr of TIC ,,,nisb
snent the lutN, of Tho avacutiva a. touch
ing John smith voiild no chorgo1 exact-
w ne II is ,ndor the erooi,1 90. ,oI,,i,,cr
10 John Smith alone Vol sucb n ,,,rerai
statute rroboblv could not no ,baiionred
Docs a .on,rn,,t,tion .,ot itf,i,r,, 80,
the provinoo Of tho iudiciaryo Wbat 10
the provinca of the Judiciary II IL two
fold-to determine tho facts nf tho indi.
Nldual case. and tn nnrI, tha law to those
facts in tn. shane If a judgement .,,d an
execution If Il he a civil Cose in tho share
of a INDICTMENT a sen+ercn ana a ,varront
if If he a criminal caen Vow ,,,ban ,bo
court has done all mis- in a e.ivon inet,,,co
can tha T.gisIatura ;rtervenoo rbn i,,1,-
ment of the court ie thot tbn ocnu.cI il.
guilty Clearly tho To,,isIotrre cannct
question the correctness Of maj Indictment
yitbout coneti,utin.r itsolf a court A,lr,it
tinfr taat H. is p,,i1tv an no I a,,isI,+,,.
.ot aside tba so,,tn,,ro r,.o,,n,,,,,,'1 L, ~,
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rccoll +b. ,,yrar+ iss,,ad L,. .r -.
and issue \ difrcront ,,.,rrort ,.ttTo,,, w.
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he found boc,Ien in ,,,,o,o,,n,i,,r ~
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thn = ali,i,,,'r, 'ii - we, ~
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