Speech of Hon. John B. Huston, of Clarke

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. John B. Huston, of Clarke: Delivered in the House of Representatives of Kentucky, February 11, 1863To make their work complete, the trainers of that instrument wisely distributed the powers of the Government into three departments. In it are loulltl legislative powers, limited and restricted, awl they are conterred upon Congress, executive powers. Still more restricted, and they are conferred on the President, judicial powers, equal, and suffi cient l'orthe ends and purposes of the Government, and they are vested in the supreme and interior courts. These powers are kept separate. There is no intermingling of them among the dilferent departments. One department, or its olficers, cannot exercise the powers conferred on another. The wisdom and design of the separation is that each should he a check upon the other and so preserve the harmony of the system. One department cannot, by law, or by any implication, exercise the powers and duties of another. And equally the rights and liberties guaranteed to the States or the people, cannot be ih fringed or taken away by law orimplication. It should be stated that, in addition to his executive powers, the President is made the Commander-ih-chief of the A my and Navy oi' the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.