Power to Coin Money and Fix the Standard of Weights and Measures§ 1111.§ 1112.§ 1113.§ 1114.§ 1115.§ 1116.§ 1117.§ 1118.
FOOTNOTES
1. The Federalist, No. 42.
2. Journ. of Convention, 220, 257, 357.
3. Mr. Madison's Letter to Mr. Cabell, 18th Sept. 1828.
4. 1 Black. Comm. 276.
5. Smith's Wealth of Nations, B. 1, ch. 4.
6. 1 Black. Comm. 278; Christian's note, 21; Darien's Rep. 48; 1 Hale's Pl. Cr. 192 to 196.
7. 1 Tucker's Black. Comm. App. 261.
8. Art. 9.
9. During the late war with Great Britain, (1812 to 1814,) in consequence of the banks of the Middle, and Southern, and Western states having suspended specie payments for their bank notes, they depreciated as low as 95 per cent. discount from their nominal value. The duties on imports were, however, paid and received in the local currency; and the consequence was, that goods imported at Baltimore paid 20 per cent. less duty, than the same goods paid, when imported into Boston. This was a plain practical violation of the provision of the constitution, that all duties, imports, and excises shall be uniform.
10. Mr. Webster's Speech on the Bank of the United States, 25th and 28th of May, 1832.
11. This opinion is not peculiar to Mr. Webster. It was maintained by the late Hon. Samuel Dexter, one of the ablest statesmen and lawyers, who have adorned the annals of our country.
12. The Federalist, No. 49.
13. Among these. none are more elaborate and exact, than that of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. J. Q. Adams, while they were respectively at the head of the department of state.
14. Rawle on the Constitution, ch. 9, p. 102.
15. Art. 9.
16. 1 Black. Comm. 276.
17. 1 Black. Comm. 276; Christian's note, (16.)
18. See Rawle on Constitution, ch. 9, p. 103; The Federalist, No. 49.
