In the States the executive power is vested in the hands of a magistrate, who is apparently placed upon a level with the Legislature, but who is in reality nothing more than the blind agent and the passive instrument of its decisions.
Estatuetan botere exekutiboa magistratu baten esku uzten da, itxuraz legislatiboaren ondoan kokatua dagoena, baina, errealitatean, haren borondatearen egile itsu eta tresna pasibo baino ez dena.