It will rest with the consideration of Congress also whether a provident as well as fair encouragement would not be given to our navigation by such regulations as would place it on a level of competition with foreign vessels, particularly in transporting the important and bulky productions of our own soil.
Madison advocates for regulations that would support American navigation and competition with foreign vessels.
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Such a view of the Constitution, finally, would have the effect of excluding the judicial authority of the United States from its participation in guarding the boundary between the legislative powers of the General and the State Governments
I lose no time, therefore, in submitting the treaty to the Senate for their advice and approbation.
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