If a system compatible with the Constitution can not be devised which is free from such tendencies, we should recollect that that instrument provides within itself the mode of its amendment, and that there is, therefore, no excuse for the assumption of doubtful powers by the General Government.
Jackson asserts that the Constitution allows for amendments to address any inadequacies in government powers.
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