To regulate commerce with foreign nations. and among the several States. and with the Indian tribes. How must that power be exercised? According to the caprice of Congress. according to the wish and interests of any particular man. or shall it be exercised strictly in accordance with the provision inserted in the first clause. with a view to "the common defense and general welfare of the United States ?" So with naturalization. that must be done in the same way. Congress can not pass any naturalization law properly to aid any political party or to put down any political party or for the private end of any person in the United States. The power must be exercised as all other powers are. including (as I shall show before I get through) the power to dispose of the public domain for "the common defense and general welfare of the United States." So with the grants of power "to establish postofficesand postroads." "to coin money." "to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting." and "to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. " Arenot these limited by the provision or the understanding or the implication that what they authorize must be done in accordance with and in subservience to the general welfare of the people of the United States? If not.
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