Excerpt from The Crisis, or Essays on the Usurpations of the Federal Government It cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds of our citizens, that the Government of the United States is a Government instituted for external, and not internal objects. This is the language of the Federalist, which is the best commentary on the Constitution, and': as such, its authority is acknowled ged in ou1 Degrees courts. The powers (says the Federalist) delegated by: the Constitution to the General? Government, are few and defined. T hose Which remain to the State Degrees Governments are numerous and undefined. The former will be exer-r cised on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce, with which last the power of taxation Will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the States, extend to Degrees all tlw objects Which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, -libe1 Degreesties and properties, of the people, 'and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.