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7 c - n. 1 If; r ,sd no ' other can hrequ'red. Yet, ; he be charged J:with insanity y5h0' should contend, that the IrjtfvUture mfh,t rot superadd to the nhri lifted hv the Constitution, such other oath of office as its visdoro might suggest" So, with respect to the -whole penal xode of.the United States J whence ans ' s.the power to punish' in eases not pre : Vcribed Jtiy t ;th"e cpnsttiitih ? All admit V that theiovmrnent may, legitimately .l punisl.&nyvviolation of its laws ; and yet v thre is noVamc'the enumerated powers Congress' 'i The flight to enforce the ' Inobservance of law, by punUhinglts infrac ' v turn, miht be denied with the more plau sihllitvr because it is expressly given in skme; cases. ' - ; ' V Congress is empowered Vto provide fvr the punishment of counterfeiting the . 'sturitifs and. current 'coin of the .United Stated and ! to define and parish pira ' cies and felonies 'committee, on Jthe high sea and offences atrainstrthe laws of na- v lions." ' The several powers oFConres " inay exist in a very, imperfect state to1 he ; sure, but they may ex:str nd be carried into 'xV,ciition aithouph . no punishment sjiotild be inflicted in a cases" Avhere- the, ripht?to pnnlh,is nbtexnfesIy iven. s Take for .example Jbe (power to establish pWt . offices f ard Tjpjt roads.' This power :is . executed by, the sin ejle actoff making "the"1 establishment XBtit, l"rpmthis has been in erred7 the pow' er and duty of carrying the mail; along . the pot road, from one post office toah ether.- And from this implied'; power, ' has again ben, inferred the right to pu . nh those, who steal letter from the post-v ''office-, or; rob the mail. . It may be said, with sme 'plausibility, tjiat the right to carrv the rnail. andto piinish hoe who rob it, is not indispensab:y necessarv, to the establishment of -a pnst office anl post road. This right is Indeed essential to the beneficial rxcrchie of the" power, but J " "not Indispensably -necessary to' its exis-' 'p able of us'Inj int'iyf4: vWto the eve' one ideal and, after deep nunin'fnt "crimescf sfra!ing ' or faisifv ing a record or pr-tcssf a cctn t of the United; States or of prr'.urV'- in snch'.oniTt. To punish -j thee offerees is certainly. conducive to the. dile administration of justice. v But !court3niay ; exist, and may decide, tbfc ;causebr tgt bere them, though such .crinies? cscar-e -punishmeat. . The fj.!T.efi)' inflatnee of this narrow oonstruction on all the opertioi'is of the gnrer.'f't.fn; and the ib' lute impr ctica rbility of ma'ntair.insr.i without, rendering ; the government incompetent to its great $ object, migJt be illustrated by .numerous .CXJtrnples dniA-n.fronrf th,e constiiutirn ' and fiom our Iiws. Tle good sense of the public his protiouncecf, , without hesi : : tarion, that, the power ot- punishment, ap-' "pertains to sovereignty, and may bc exv -v ercised -whenever the- sovereign has a r ii'gh t, to act, as incidental to.his. constitut tinal powers. It . is a ; means for carry incr.-'into execution all sovereign powers, s S.and may .bjased, although notindispen . ' . sably necessary. It is a righ roci(!ental to the powers, and conducive tp its bene ficial exercise, ( v . ; If (tbis limited censtractron of the word, ' ' necessary? must be abandoned in cyder to punish, whence( is f derived the rule which would reinstate it, when the gov ernment would carry its powers' into exe cuiicn 4 by means not vindictive in their halure? If -the wprd 4tnecess'n7 means i ."needful," 4 Tequisite,!' V essential," '. conducive to,!' ,in .order to let in' the power of punishment r the infraction of law, why is it not equally comprphensive . when requtredv to anthorite he .use of ' queans which facilitate the execution of ' the powers of government without the in-, -: fiiction of punt i; ment : ' . - , , In'aertaing thetsense in which the word necessary' bcdin this clause df the ,constitutign,we may derive sonie aid from that w.tii whictx it is associ ted Cofcgress sJiall hiVe piwer to nyike ull laws which shall be necessatv nnAflnfieir to carry into execution" the powi-rs of the ' government: If 'the word necessary" wa med ia th at .stricvd'rigonjus sense . forvl-:icjthe'cunr for thbSrate cf .Mai::Lind contend; it .would be an extra 'ordinary depirtirrefrom tfie usull course Of the human mind, as exhibited in com- ppiton. teudda Tortl the only possible ,eff-'ctf wsicU is to quafifj' that strict 8c rigorous meaning ; totpres?nt to the rhincl thjt idea of some choice of means of le'is r jation not straightened and compressed ; . V" Vithln-the iKirrow limitivfor Vhich gen tlemen contend,-: f, .' - ' ' ' - . But tlm argument which most conclur : i - sivel v demonstrates the error, of the' con. . struction coritended for oy toe vounsci oi Maryland, is founded QniAhHintenrfon of the coGveution as manifesteoTliVthe whole clause, ; To waste time;and arguhieht in proving that, without it.Congf ess mign .carry its powers into execution, would be . not much less ' idle than to hold a lighted taper to "stra; "As.- little can it be re - quired toprpve hat, in the absence of this clause Cpngress would have some choice of , means, c lh'at; It might em ploy, those which, in Its Judgment, would most ad-; ,vantagenusly effect the object to ,be;ac- complished.' '.Thatany 'means ;'adapted to the enVli any means, 'which .tended di rectly to the execution of the. onititutiph al ppWers of the government, jjere in themselves "coustitutioilal. This, claose, as codstruedi by the i .State of . Maryland, would, abridge and almost annihilate, thwr useful and neteisary right 6i the Legisla ture to select its means. That this could "" not be intended is, we should think, -had j 1 it not; been already controverted, too ap parent for controversy.' ; We think so for , th'rf:4lowiRgreasoh.- , . ' 1 . 1. The clause is placeil among the pow-; ei s i" (Egress,; ncrf among thq liipita- ; .'tlons In those powers. . . ': t ; J ; ; f S .tu.' lis 4crn's purport to enlarge, not r to uiniinUti tit powers vested inthe gov ' ,ernueijt, ;It purports to b$ an additional'! nowernot a re&trlciion. on those. aircatlv'f granted. .No- reason hasbenvor"can be ' assigned for th as r concealing, ah Jjitentioa; to KatVov the discretion of . the iatronal . tihtof e itidejf,word5 wkxiTpui pU t to . .xlare;lt: l'h franiers o th? cunstitur tipn vvjed it; adopo aiid' well knew; 1 thil it would be cudangrcd by Us strt ttgth then their .intention had', been,;ythv? clause, t to restrain the-free use pf menj whirh miirht other wise have been implied khat intention would haW been inserted in another place, and Would, have-peen expressed in terms recsemblin se.In carrying jnto , execution the foiregojng nowers ana all others'- f5cc na, laws shall be passed but such as are. necessary and; proper." Had the Intention been to male- this clause restrictive, it would un questionably have been so in form as well as in effect. . ..- -i.., ,.... n. jhe 'result of the npost careful and at tentive consideration bestowed upon this clause is that, if it does not enlnrtre, it can not'be construed to restrain the powers of Congress, or to impair the, nglt of.the legislature to exercise its Vst judgment in the selection of measures to carry into execution the constiVltional po'v of the government.1 Ifno'Ath'er inotivejfor its insertion can be suggested, a sufficieht one, is found in the desire toemove all doubts inspecting , the right to. legijlate oathat vast mass of incidental powe.which nmst be involved in the constitutionif that in strument benot !a si)lendid; baubles , Wedmit. as all must a6mit,,that the Sowers of the: government are limited, .& that its, limits are not; to be transcended. Hut we think the sound construction , of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretipn, with respecto the means by which the powers it confers are to be carriediuro execution, which will enable that bof1y.to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most Jpenc al to the people. ? Iiet the end be legitimate, let it be.jyifhin the scope of Ithe 'nstiution, and all means vhich are appmiriHteiT whicn arc plainsv aaapten tot v tt ei'd, which are n.t prohibited.1 but con 'st -w ith the letter and spirjt of the con '"tuticn, are constitutional. 'i " That a corporation nust be considereel an a means 'nut less u-ual,. not of higher dignity, ' ivfit more requiring a pariculru spec" Tent ion th-in (other means, has been cuffic;itly proved If welnok to the"iri gin;'of : co'porntioijs, ' fo the minner in' which they ha'-e bern framed in that - go vernme:it(frpm vj?ch,'e have def-ivei?' nost of our U'gal principles and ideas, or to.thc uses to which th y' hAve be en a.p plicri,' we find' no reason to suppose that a constitution omitting, -&.;-wfsely omitting. to enumerate all the means: .for earn ing j into exectrtion the srreat powers, vested hl i govern mvnti oughbtn have. specified this, ' lia 'M necn mrenneu f grny mis pin ex , as one wh-cb should be distinct and indc ! pendent to be-exercisi'd iii 'any case 'what-; ever, it would have found "f a plkce among ' .the emimerated powevsofthe. government. : But bing considered merely as a means, . to-be employed onlyfr-the purpose ct carrj'irig into execution the gi en powefsj there could be-tiQ motive for particularly 1 'mentioning it. . . ' ; The propriety ,ol this remark would seem to be generally acknowledged by the univ'ersalxquk'scence in the.construCtion which has been uniformly put on the 3d sec. of the 4th article of the constitution T"e power to make all neetlfU rules and ) rv Nations respecting the terra oryr ot icr praperty lelonging to the U.-ited States' is not mere coinprehensivc,Vthnn .he power to make all In Ws' which shall Se necessary and proper for earr,i iAto execution.-. the powers tf the government. Yet all admit the cpustitutionality of a Territorial government, which is a corpo rate body. ' " V . ' . If a ctrporation . may be employed irf-. di-criiniiiHtelv ith other menus to.carryf into ex- cut ion' the powers of the govern, ment,r.i particular ivasou can be assign-' eel for excluding the Uie of a bank if re quired1" fr: it Enseal operations. To use one; must be within the discretion of Con gress f it be an appropriate mode of ex- I renting, tne powers ot govenimenti, that lit ii a convenient, a. useful and ':sseritiul instrument in the prosecution of itsJfiscal operations, is not; now a subject of cor.-trovers.'-. ' All tlidse who haverbeerl con cerned" With the .administration of our fi nances, have concurred: in representing its ; importance andiiecessity V and so stronglv have they beeft felt, that states men of the first, class' whosep;eyious o pinions against it had . been, cntiiirmed by every 'circumstnrce which can fix the human judgment, hayeyielded those ophi ioiis to the exigencies of the nation. . Un der the confederation Congress, justify ing the measure by its necessity, tran scended perhaps its powers to obtain the advantage of a' bant ; :nd our own legis lation attests the universal conviciion of the utility of this measure. -The time has passed away wheny can be necessary : to enter iuto . any aiscussion in oraer to prove the impprtarice-of this instrument as a means' p effect the legitimate objects of the government..' . ' ' But wereitts necessity kss apparent; none can qeny us oewgan appropriate measure ; and if it is, the degree of its ne cessity,' as has beei veiyjutly observed i is to be discuved in another pUce -Should Congress in the execcjrTcn of its powers, adout measures wbich are nrohibited bu ihecoustitutioii; or9 shou ld.Cocgreis, un der the pretext of executing its powers. pass laws; for the aco&fnplishment of ob jects not entrusted to.the government ; it would become the .painful duty -of this; tribunal should a'casev requiring. such'' a decision come bfciore it, to. say that such anAct.wanot the ffw of die land- But. where the laiv 'tenet prohibited: and H real' calculatedvto effect anv of the bP Jecti enirustei to the government, to-un-def take lieie. to eoquirvt into the decree f of itk necessity, would be to pass the line w hica circumscribes the jadicialdtpari pi eat, and td 'tread , oitfegistaii ve ground; i ins jcouit a;scjaim&vau -pretensions to4 bucua power v ifi'..;.- .:-v -vmi FROM FRANCE. - r :yr Bdstonf JIarch 16.. Tt .rh arrival : of; the brie: MarV Jane, from Havre,v we haveeii, youred with French Papers tq.the 21st oi jan. . a icwv i f"- . . .; The Emperc of AUstria was about ib pfQceeOn a vJsltaaes nd; SiciiV; FIbrence(wheie hs:borm); d.-, M;in n A Vv md . .Nn ool eon's i ii ill a. iui " ui " journey, the Empress of Austria wUf be cro wed at Prague, ahd Uheri, with the- Emperor, .visit Russia ; . A ;:M(:i PARIS, JAN. 1. r , ITie Emperor cf s Ati5tra has appoin ted the , I3ue of AVel iington Field Marshaof;Asiria, ami proprietor of the reWiment d'Eiback. : Of Urope will no opiy ue perujaucui, but auspicious tothe future, happihes of the world . But i t shou1d;bfc recql lecied, that the lasV;hair ntunlha&--been a jiRod o intellectual exertidn arid actiyttyj rfhicb haV no patal!ei m thie! history of niankind. The princi pies and forms off government,; tKe rfehts and duties Lof rulers, and the object of civil and p'o!iica! laws, have, jWithin this period, bjelnv subjected to, rifforous eiaramaiionvTruth has been I'separated from falsehood, and error,; wifewill return witWiim "aT uyi Fcu gite,1n Addition to thV f. 1 pose of Europe. STATE 9 dem nation. hA TKeiDolifical disauisitiohs.lwhkhl j preceded the American -revolution j I ' preparedthe .way for the. more full der ! f ' ' ' . .. it- - i.' x.. . - f ; ve 1 ope in e q i vt ; in e i in pqr i a f i u pri t j ci pies, wiucn mat, great eve nt.yic tori ent t Great interest having hJ respectmthe recent deci, n, ! Supreme Court, on the subieP? fftt State'BankruptahainsoSir we have obtained a stai.J: l points decidedly the Courut1'8 curacy, of which may he d-oe-Z anu vvincii we I t W :iv Ka uers.- i ne ODinion af i cases.-ana the arpumrnt lr Mt it Pi Thejiew English, expedition to ex ore the ' interior of Africa, isunder the command 6( MRitchie, recently private cretaVy of the English Am liassador af Pans Ills'associates ' are T.ieut. Lyon, of the Ehjj;li?h ship Al bioh, jM;; Duppntc, French iiafuralist, 9ufe;eob, ' and a carpenter. , The BusKaY and a mi! itart- escort ,are to aeWmpany them frOm'Tripoli, where they now "are,; as far as Mourzookr they ought to have a similar protec tion during the whole of their jour- lieV. j. ..lv - V. j Kf Guizot, is appointed director general . of departments ' under ;the Minister of the Interior, '" .'v' -' x R iron Louis is Minister of Finance ihFrahce, and 'St.&jrJ Mjnislerof War. : Count Matliieu Dumas is a member of fhe Council of State., tii QenK Dessolle is now the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. i ;3 Gen: Excelmans lias received' pier missijin'to return to France. j Gen. Alix is also permitted to re turn to; France . . tiCjUS.iy estaDiisne.p pince inat:penoai!iume or iyir. wheat,,! Yly r : acieot; prejadiciilf:Jfii.ve. bepil.-sttccess-.W j-ypuld be: pbyiottsiy impossV ifuil't :ass-.iled.,::an1jsurpd Vet.abHsh4 . elude allthese in th m',' ll I i . . . -'i.C IV. . -STt TiSARD, JAN. 13. 3f0t5nii;!itat 1() o'clock. the re- mnini of the late -Qiieetr of Wirtem- ments I have been shaken. Prescri p- tiohl which changes wronpr to riht, 'lias 'Inst lts;fbrce, and, becausea polif tital dogma is ancient, it is no longer j ,;f be inferred, that it is therpfnxe true; ' ik be formed for, jthe beneiit of the ga verned, and not for t lie exclusive ad? Vantage of the gov ernors. ; The 'asspt ! pation, to-be laUful,' must Jbe founded jfc':idnWcti arid;4 asyioTente: never hassb itb.i4mittefthaYjt;'neye'r'aii cstaDiisn as . ngnt, mat wnicn is natu rally or morally wrong;. The diffusion pf literature, the progress of science, and the powerj of the pre?s, have unit ed to ex end and to s trench en. politi cal truth, and to refute and. expose pq- .litical error. '''- j The universities of Germany, .with the Iristitutfons of jearningin the other European i states,-have encouraged and prosecuted inrjuiries, which have ser ved to elevate the human character, as well as to -disclose the artful devices, by which the rights and Welfare of the matny:ha,ve ben is oun worthily sacrji ficedi to the gratification arid advan tage .the flew; he : extension 61 commerceand the multiplied inter berai were conveyed by -.'torch fiht to lr cou'e between nations, have removed the Grecian Chapel; Hie cof animosities. wiucii, i'jr. ages,.:, nay c uecu uui iui eju,, and strengthened :by the rulers of tlfe earth' "Men of letters, every, wher js belong to one ' commonwealth; and their: labors their opinions, and sym nathtes. all 'tend to one and the same beneficial object, that; of. extending tne weirare ana nappiness pi ine great; it- rnily' oj'mankindi'-- I"'. ; 'M j France. undr a(l her mortifying dfe I 'appintnien Ufter.the repeated p;eW, ifidteis'-if the;t6p)rt'4' she gave her ; confiderfceafter the destruCtibnot a j corps. ora)sl learned and scientific men as-had at any period Adorned her his! torv, nas maae positive auyances m borne ,bv twelve Chamberlains, pile ceded by the retprs attached to the Court. Count Sal m, .Grand Ecuyer to tje deceased Queen, bearing the Order; of St.: Catherine : Count Ber oldiri;en,! her first 1 1 rhamberlain,tbear ihjj lthe Ifriperial Mantle r tlie Grand Muster of the Queen's Court, the. Minister of Sfate Count VVinzinge rode, bearing the Crown" ; four Grand, Crosses 'of the Qnfer of 'lie fCrwri' of ' VVjrf emberg, vu porting the touf corners of the pall, and tlie King's . i 1 i u ta n t G e i lera !s the canopy The Koyal guard drawn up on "parade, ind. tlje ' reliiious ceremonies being gnriethrough, the bod v w is deposited jhcivil; political and reiiffiouviTcedbmJ France will not stop where she has ar rived ; she beholds the goal that i ble: jfore her, and it is the hope of evef y friend of his spacies, that; she '"inay at- txain it. i rier once powenui nooiiity is deprived of its'innumerabfe and op4 ipresstve priyileges herclergy is je uucea to ine ostentatious ana mo dest condition, iri which Oieir" example aud their services will most ettectual- j ly promote the. cause of their adorable '. i . ' . i ,..1-.' - m . " master. A ttnes are apoiijneu, ana the. lands are lividedi: among 'the cultiva tors, who are also the (uhcoritiol led , proprietors.; Tlie freeiJpni of the preks though not complete, istto longer Un der its former shackles ; ahdVabjve nPUCrjInap n ntl . I limited ourselves to i bf T; ) ;V of .the opinions of the Caurt. :"J The firtt r.-inca r r f.i: . .... .' i Vun,was ttiat.otSEu'r lit t 1 promissor upon tv;o promiss,; . "? Mh dated at K w .., -k a A t(? and payable to the n!aini;- ... 4 Davable in h nfa ' f . - - .--v 1lUIill I il i . l .C . A A. . ' U"C 01 "? "ri 01 nugusr, 1 81 1; . ' Y , r.vau 1,13 u-";ir;;e Uiitlpr - gtslature of New-Y.k. tl.P iLj , - '"HU i ri the Vau 1 1 where the members of the ) Koyarifainily of Wirtemberg repose, ! ioxdon, JAN. 11. j Since the disastrous era of "1810T we, do bot reculiect tv have witiiessedj so many failures as have lately taken j place. On Monday we wce. made; .acquainted with those of seven French h uses f the i.ext day. a leading house of this city; having as principal abanM l !irectr niui inemaer ;ci nitniixroeniji srpppd j payment. On Wenesay and Thursday other failures-were an4 uou nced,v and on. iday, one'of the firsit houses h LirMlon, whie" credit had never been: -doubted, was obliged to suspend payment. Th.s cancefri is said ! to ; have failed , for WiXWj sterling ;? being, the greatest, fail iirej si rice that of 4Fordy ce in ; 1 792, , Nq failure ever excited more interest; than this the high reputation of this house for probifj has drawn jfortlf much coihmi9eration ' for its misfor- 4..L..L -. 1 T.. Viil a"'-' .iU LJ' !! tunes. stinned payment oh Saturday. 'l Ut appeu; s. by letters f-om l?ance that -;.hc h 'lUe connected with Uie BaT)k ; I4recioriia resumed its pavmen r s, and tliat business prgs pects wee improving; Stocks iiau risen. j . Mr. Courtois, a .Ilpndoh hair-dresser, died lately ip London, leaviug ail fortune ;f 4, 800000 francs to his nej phew if the same name at Brussels. ! rail,; the consent'bfV an efficient repre Iseptation of the ! people of France! is ! i ' t . - 1 i ' i i . " j ft ! ' !de:ared ihdispensable.'iiot only .to T the levying v taxes; - bu t to the enakrv ! ment of la ws. ' The ancienmonarchy restrained as it was bv 'manners' and j byx education, is now subjected to i cbh- j i suwuiiviiai liiuticiiiuiis, duu mc ricuui people are nbt ionly to become the keepers of their own abertics but the only supporter f the throTie. i : v ..intni9V eonlSition 'oiKurdbei-WU if - the deep impressions hich are alrea d vehirra vedtfu Don the minds ; of thi peopje and the progress that has been mein3jthe asceriqmentVtof tleir rightsiia retdra f to Itheir old and sla-; vish condition seems' W juto'be iiii. possible The value of the acquil" tion is too well understood and too j hfcrhly pi i7.ed, to be quietly surrender fed ; and the attempt: of even the com ! bined. sovereign4 ; to effect itylwhile it ( wiwldireropen the wounds oiheir; j respective countries, would faO'liac' ;xompli8h4tijaipos every country in Europe, not except- Of ererj description may btlmdittMs ucr i'-. long' to scourge tne human race, i '"7 v " y rfM p4"- t down trom tnevpiunacie or hisLM " -rli vtr " and, cnaineatto a rock in the JIr w- -o u piii,u uu-. keeinsllearihe tV! lineK irr-i! 1 : kn SCptre of Nappleoil is, hot. silffi-l -J'' ( Prow the'JVew- York "Amerigcoi, :' - ' ' - 'V- - j ..-&.. . ... ' ,- . The strusgles of Eunmeyvhich have so 1 0 n g ' d i s t ux peu toe repose, ot the whole world, are for the present susi pended, atif, as tiiany goodmen bei Jieve, are satisfactoriir terminatedr man, . whom heaven permitted so. cas Rower? i&cean. i I cient are dauv becominef, more.Tiiani- allies has preSileil ariy the sqp sion,divisioa&.di8tributido:ofsUtei,y e,r fecy. JwhicK have been made !btbemVrp ?!iat;af do-ingHjjrUhetherlala supp dura iyh crew out of :i die srreat treaty of Wet- It These considerations misht be fur- iiier uursuea aua, w iuucc i icn i fforcewe might- present out views of ; powers anu qeace inter me jjruuaujw- ly : Jtnat; t nei r an i an ce w " e of snort aratiotrVrbut this;ouldxceed0qr 3j II we . couidv rely- UDon the ucttucs inai iiayc useu cuiiqiuueu, anil the declarations dm have been 'jUshede ioin in the opinion that is bfonaffated Mthsolnucq ux..u, .on., , Allotting tfc pi a3 ui3cuargtrg, ana a certi cate grven to him the day of 1812., : J l To this;plea there was ade and jojnder. At the October tern i tuc v,i.uuil vjuri, ii7, t lis caus came on to be argue! and heard 0J ine demurrer, and til e lollowin f KlnQ k W W .r f i . 1. Vhether, since the adJjf ine constitution .of tne. United State any State has authnritv io m ru pr iavv, or wiietner the power is ei. clusivcly vested in the Confess :2. Whether the act of NeVor't passed the third day of April, . and stated in the plea in this case, !i a banklruptact :witbin the meanir-i iiie.icousiuauon or tne v. States r 5. VVhether t!ie act aforesaid is aa act'ator impairing " the pblisa:ian f contract, witnm trie fneamn? oFm constuutmn oi -tne-u. sme9f . . ;4. Whether the plea is a ;ood anl sufficient bar of the p!aintiaHs . adion? And after hearing cudriie! npuo t questions, the Judges ie Crcnit court were, opuosed in opinion tW uppn ; ahq'tipnnymotio.T -of the pW hti 7s coanseJthefque.tions were err. titled to the'Supreme Court, fur i eir nnai decision. ;.,;. On thejirs t questionr the Sapremp Court vereAtf npiniyn. that, nntjl power,, contained in 'tliexosslijotiirt theU. St ites, to pa?s anifi.rm IffJ throughout tite-un?on.; on the spj'd of bankruptcies, pe exercise i bCn) i-ess, the state? have aurh irity t'ipiiS a bankrupt lav, prbviHd such lit Contains pd : priucipleviiatin; tii lOth section 'of the first article oft!:!. constitution of tlie United- ti!s which declares1 that " no state s.. p ss any j a w 1 j m pain iae t cpntmcts.7 r i Tli rtni ntn -nf aursk renderedit -;-fc V K V . w w w m unnecessary to consider the On the 3d question, the Court j of opinionthat the act of ISewXA which' was nteaded in this caiR which not only liberates the w the debtor, but discharges hiinfrcM liability tor any , debt: pre' iwusj; v. tracted "oti faia sun euderin-- Kis V nerfv in the manner it present tri act . brc la vv impairing the of contracts within the meacijs j 1 nth'Pf inn hf the first article fhA'TI- States. livering the judgment of tie Cj the Chief Justice stated to m A wtiat was mtendea y u , ihe.constttutioriwheii the iow of 'contracts," it" difficult to substitute wjrda c3rj more ihteUiBie, W less liable tl a wf .4 alias11! ment in wnicri apirij ; lo or not to do a. p.irticu.a. , ThiH!w:1i;nds him to berforf dertakins, andtliUis, pf oblisation of a contract. 1 V at the bar,' the defendant w-.j his; promissory note to 'pa ir J tiff a sum of monev.on or mr. - ' - r m m ni;n v to par that sum en that J tills is us ouugaiiuu. -'-v . j-j, ffl6 .t- irli ft1j jyorfl,T,l it. Muchmore must a Vg' which makes it totally inv entire!y:disclurpesit, vi? At was nec.a.j, . . safe, ior tne have Jeen ;f thatie late settlement of the" Affairs preheat limits, 'apt is not aon rcqtr"i'lt constitution to i enumerate P objects to which the pnnc -r tended toes Wblish should ti i ti c 6: tt it I T 11 in I:: ri ' : . j -.- r
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 26, 1819, edition 1
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