James Monroe said...

It is to mitigate these evils in future wars, and even for the higher purpose of preventing war itself, that the decisio...

I am of opinion that Congress do not possess this power; that the States individually cannot grant it.

If the law imposed such restraint, it would in that case be void.

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