Not until Patrick Henry's resolution, and the address of the Virginia Legislature to Congress based thereon, made the point that Assumption was in violation of this instrument, because the power to pass such a law was not expressly given in the Constitution, did Jefferson take his stand against implied powers.
Beveridge discusses the constitutional implications of state debt assumption and its opposition by key figures like Jefferson.
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The nature of men forbids us to conclude that we are in no danger from war.
The Spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
The genius of the Constitution, and the opinions of the people of the United States, cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government.
Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
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