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The power to regulate commerce includes the power to regulate navigation, as connected with the commerce with foreign nations and among the States.
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Here, Sumner asserts that the power to regulate commerce inherently includes navigation regulations.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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