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The Federal Government4 mentions

Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (English)

but the constitution does not delegate to the federal government a power to create political combinations, invested with a power to regulate the wealth and poverty of individuals.

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in the texts

Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated19th Century · English

The federal government of the United States, examined and denied any legitimate claim to sovereignty over the people or the states.

The federal constitution established three conventional powers over the federal government, lodging one in the majority of the people of each state;

section 3.: sovereignty. ¶

Is the foolish boast, “I alone am king of me,” converted into sound sense, by being applied to a state or federal government?

section 3.: sovereignty. ¶

The argument in reply to this reasoning is, that unless a supreme authority is allowed to the federal legislature and federal courts, to controul the legislatures and courts of the states, subordination will not exist, and sundry inconveniences would result from its absence.

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