James Monroe: “With these remarks I submit it to the wisdom of Congress whether it will not still be advisable to postpone any decision…”

According to my judgment it cannot be derived from either of those powers, nor from all of them united, and in consequence it does not exist.

It appearing by certain provisions contained in a late act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled 'An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,' that the assent of Congress will be necessary to carry the said act into…

From the view which I have taken of these reports I contemplate results of incalculable advantage to our Union

The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power.