...validity on the fifth clause of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, which reads as follows : "The Congress shall have power: * * * To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures." The Act under discussion, in making...

...value, the people caused the following provisions to occupy a prominent place in their constitution: "The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coins, and fix the standard of weights and measures; to provide for the punishment •ttosnterfeiting...

...from participation in it with the General Government. To assure this power, the Constitution provided that, "The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin; to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin...

...secession be illegal, then the Constitution is still violated. I say, then, Mr. President, while the Constitution of the United States provides that " the Congress shall have power " " to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States," and has given that power...

...eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, which related to money. " The congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures." Now, from that isolated clause,...

...regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. " The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. " The Congress shall have the power...

...general government to use the power granted to it in the constitution ; which is as follows — viz, " The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof" &c. This gives to Congress the whole power of regulating the standard of value of money ; and this...

...interest upon producers. The Constitution of the United States, Act I., Sec. VIII. 5., declares, " The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures." Money is the legal standard of...

...this respect, the federal government has ample power, by recourse to direct and indirect taxation. The constitution of the United States provides, that " the congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common...

...previously existing there, continuing still in force.1 In respect to another class of localities, the constitution of the United States provides, that " the congress shall have power .... to exercise exclusive legislation .... over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature...