Author : Charles Sumner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330342572
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (425 download)
Book Synopsis The One Man Power Vs; Congress by : Charles Sumner
Download or read book The One Man Power Vs; Congress written by Charles Sumner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The One Man Power Vs; Congress: Address of Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Music Hall, Boston Mr. President: - It is now more than a year since I last had the honor of addressing my fellow-citizens of Massachusetts. On that occasion I dwelt on what seemed to be the proper policy towards the States recently in rebellion - insisting that it was our duty, while renouncing indemnity for the past, to obtain at least security for the future; and this security, I maintained, could be found only in the exclusion of ex-rebels from political power, and in irreversible guarantees especially applicable to the national creditor and the national freedman. During the intervening months, the country has been agitated by this question, which was perplexed by an unexpected difference between the President and Congress. The President insists upon installing ex-rebels in political power, and sets at naught the claim of guarantees and the idea of security for the future, while he denies to Congress any control over this question, and takes it all to himself. Congress has asserted its control, and has endeavored to shut out ex-rebels from political power and to establish guarantees, to the end that there might be security for the future. Meanwhile, the States recently in rebellion, with the exception of Tennessee, are without representation in Congress. Thus stands the case. The Two Parties in the Controversy. The two parties in the controversy are the President on the one side, and the people of the United States in Congress assembled on the other side: the first representing the Executive; the second representing the Legislative. It is the One Man Power vs. Congress. Of course, each of these performs its part in the government; but, until now, it has always been supposed that the Legislative gave the law to the Executive, and not that the Executive gave the law to the Legislative. Perhaps this irrational assumption becomes more astonishing when it is considered that the actual President, besides being the creature of an accident, is inferior in ability and character, while the House of Representatives is eminent in both respects. A President, who has already sunk below any other president, even Buchanan, madly undertakes to give the law to a House of Representatives, which, there is reason to believe, is the best that has sat since the formation of the Constitution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
