. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . / / First Page of The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Half-tone of original among the Archives at Harrisburg f /V ^ f/^; 1 ./ /Jff fZ/^-uj-r/^e^iJ/^^, --?4 kk. Last Page of The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776,SignaturesHalf-tone of the original among theArchives at Harrisburg THE NEW GOVERNMENT 85 annually chosen,—besides, that every officer, executive orjudicial, may be impeached ^3; the Assembly, before six ofthe GDuncil thus dependent on the Assembly, and be triedand condemned. 4thiy. I
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . / / First Page of The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Half-tone of original among the Archives at Harrisburg f /V ^ f/^; 1 ./ /Jff fZ/^-uj-r/^e^iJ/^^, --?4 kk. Last Page of The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776,SignaturesHalf-tone of the original among theArchives at Harrisburg THE NEW GOVERNMENT 85 annually chosen,—besides, that every officer, executive orjudicial, may be impeached ^3; the Assembly, before six ofthe GDuncil thus dependent on the Assembly, and be triedand condemned. 4thiy. It erects no court of appeals, morenecessary here than in some other States, as our SupremeCourt may try causes in the first instance, and finally de-termine them, so that there is no mode settled for correct-ing their errors. The writer quotes Montesquieu on theseparation of legislative, executive and judicial functions,and closes with a prediction that the power vested in theCouncil of Censors, and the convention that may be calledby them, will occasion convulsions in the State. Theseextracts are sufficient to show the general tenor of opposi-tion, an opposition that was to be as long continued as thedefense and until its efforts were crowned with succ
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