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It is undoubtedly in the power of Congress so to regulate and guard it as to prevent the public money from being applied to the use or intermingled with the affairs of individuals.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “It is undoubtedly in the power of Congress so to regulate and guard it as to prevent the public money from being applied…”
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He asserts Congress's power to regulate the use of public funds to protect them from private interests.
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