those of the general government, so far as they go. The departments of War, Navy, Post-office, and Mint, do not exist under the state governments, because the states have no power over the subjects in relation to which those departments are erected. The states have a Department of State, the chief object of which is the preservation of the laws and public records, and the issuing of commissions. There is also a Treasurer, or Comptroller, whose business is the receipt, distribution, or safe keeping of the public funds. § 722. From this statement we see, that as national governments, the states have very little to do. All powers of a general nature are vested in the general government. Our work is now ended. If the student of Political Law can find in it little ingenuity and less novelty, he will remember that these are not the characteristics of truth and learning in Constitutions and Jurisprudence: let him seek, rather, for what he may perchance find, the accuracy of the legal historian, and a correct delineation of our political institutions. From the study of these he must ever go forth increased in knowledge, in love of liberty, and the ardour of patriotism. Colonies, forms of government in Coining money, right of 235 47 3 550 399 343-346 244 272, 282 7 8 Compacts, or agreements with another state, or with a for- eign state, forbidden Congress of 1754 1765 10 35-37 74, 75 Congress, power of to lay and collect taxes, imposts, and power of to borrow money power of to regulate commerce power of to regulate intercourse with the Indian power of to establish rules of naturalization power of to coin money SECT. 111-118 143-145 146-153 154, 155 156, 157 power of to fix the standard of weights and mea- sures power of to provide for the punishment of coun- 156 158 power of to establish post-offices and post-roads 159–162 : power of to constitute tribunals inferior to the Su- 180 preme Court 184, 185 power of to punish piracy 184-187 power of to declare war, and grant letters of power of to provide for calling forth the militia 199-207 D. Declaration of Rights Democracy of the United States-Representative E. SECT. 464 511 79, 81, 83 Elections for Senators and Representatives, time, places, and manner of holding Election returns, and qualifications of members of Con- 72, 73 Importation of slaves of Congress 70 228, 229 272, 275, 277 Imposts and duties, states forbidden to lay without consent Importation laws Indian Relations J. SECT. 272, 273 612, 613 614-616, 621-623, 625-629, 631 Journal of proceedings in Congress Judiciary of the United States, how constituted. how organized Judiciary, National, its means of enforcing right 87 329 683, 684 686, 687 688 its officers 689-693 |