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Excerpt from Speech of Hon.: T. A Hendricks
And, sir, if this is a sound principle of legislation, I ask, ought it to be departed from when we propose to amend the Constitution of the United States Ought not a proposition to amend the Constitution to be considered by each branch without refer ence to the judgment of the other? Here, sir, is a large committee, nine of the House, six of the Senate, fifteen, holding a joint conference upon a subject before it comes to eithei body, and at the same time a report is made ti om that committee to both' bodies, thereby defeating the very purpose of the Constitution in having separate branches of the Legislature. This committee had its birth in a party caucus and has constituted itself a new F1 ench Directory, set up in Washington to control the action of Govern ment, to grasp in its hands the functions of Congress, and to dictate to the Executive.
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