There could not be any treaty with the Indians except under the Constitution. The Constitution of the United States is an instrument of enumerated powers. and every law of Congress must be traceable to some provision of the Constitution. All your laws in relation to the Indian tribes. all your treaties with the Indian tribes. all your laws in relation to the importation of foreign contract labor. all your laws in reference to the exclusion of the Chinese. your oleomargarine law which you passed in the last Congress. your law prohibiting the transmission ofintectious cattle from one State to anotherall your laws must be traced and brought home to some particular provision of the Constitution. and the provision that these laws have been brought home to is the provision giving Congress power to regulate commerce between the States.
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