The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated, with an Appendix, Supplement, and Index Thereto (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... Brougham, Cancellarius, 'he had no right to debate and vote till the following day, ' when the entry of bis name and office appears as Dominus Brougham el Yavx. Cancellarius. "I pass from these examples of recent history, and go back to the rule as known to our fathers at the adoption of the Constitution. On this head the evidence is complete. It will be found in the State Trials of England, in parliamentary history, and in the books of law, but it is nowhere better exhibited than In the Lives of the Chancellors, by Lord Campbell, himself a member of the House of Lords and a chancellor, familiar wit li it historically and practically. He has stated the original rule, and in bis work, which is as interesting as voluminous, has furnished constantly-recurring illustrations of it. In the introduction to his Lives, where, he describes the office of chancellor. Lord Campbell enunciates the rule, which I give in bis own words: "' Whether peer or commoner, t lie chancellor is not. like the speaker of the Commons, moderator of the proceedings of the House in which he seems to preside. He is not addressed in debate; he does not name the peer who fs to be heard; Sumner. he is not appealed to as an authority on points of order; and he may cheer the sentiments expressed by his colleagues in the ministry.' Campbell's Lives of Chancellors, vol. 1, p. 17. ' The existing rules of the Senate have added to these powers: but such is the rule with regard to the presiding officer of the House of Lords, even when a peer. lie is not appealed to on points of order. If a commoner, his power is still less. 'If he be a commoner, notwithstanding a resolution of the wnBI) House that he is to be proceeded against for any misconduct T0' as if he were a peer, he has neither vote ...