Add spaces: Whilethemerelyrepressiveorgansoftheoldgovernmentalpowerweretobeamputated,itslegitimatefunctionsweretobewrestedfromanauthorityusurpingpreeminenceoversocietyitself,andrestoredtotheresponsibleagentsofsociety.
While the merely repressive organs of the old governmental power were to be amputated, its legitimate functions were to be wrested from an authority usurping preeminence over society itself, and restored to the responsible agents of society.