1823 Feb. 19

Greece

Beginning

At the first step we had an operative power acting in subordination and in the strictest possible subordination, for such it was necessary it should be or the end in view could not be accomplished © in the strictest possible subordination to the constitutive power. At the second step as above we have now a detached hand or set of hands to which by the operative power a portion of its functions is committed: on the part /conduct/ of which delegate or delegates of the second order the strictest subordination as towards the will of its immediate principal and thereby towards the will of the original principal is for the like reason indispensable. The portion of power thus detached from the operative power call it the Executive. But while by the operative power a certain portion of its functions is thus detached and committed to a delegate or set of delegates of its own appointment, at the same time whatsoever is not thus detached from it is of course reserved by it reserved to be exercised by itself The portion of operative thus detached being termed the Executive power call the portion thus reserved the Legislative power. Here then we have the division of the whole mass of operative power in the community into two portions: in the supreme Operative power, ordinarily in use to be designated by the denomination /appellation/ of legislative power or supreme legislative power; and the Executive power. As the /this/ supreme legislative power though with reference to any other power in the state supreme is with reference to the Constitutive power no other than subordinate, so the power just now termed Executive howsoever supreme with reference to any power which there may be occasion to detach from it is with reference to the power stiled supreme legislative in a state of correspondent subordination: at any rate it ought to be, that is to say /namely/ for the same reasons.