Excerpt from A Brief View of Constitutional Powers: Showing That the Union Consisted of Independent States United The use of its reserved power by an establishment of a nation would seem to be entirely conservative. The con stant declaration of an intention, in certain contingencies, to use it, would be entirely proper, and solely for the pur pose of conservation. Indeed, such constant declaration ought to convince a reasonable mind that such was the only object. As to the assumption of power which has not been delegated, no doubt ought to exist. It is usurped, not for the purpose of conservation, but for the purpose of destruction and revolution. The intention is, by destroy ing other power, to attain undisputed domination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.