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Internal improvements and the constitutional question in the United States
A lengthy address argues for national internal improvements as a constitutional power. It catalogs European and French examples, cites Jefferson Madison Monroe, and defends constructionist reading of the Necessary and Proper Clause. The speaker contends federal roads and canals bind the Union, spur prosperity, and should be funded and maintained via user tolls and state collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
N. Y
Dingland
London
England
China
Holland
Two Seas
France
Fifeen
Uogand
Darlington and
Stackton
Manchester
Liverpool
Thames
St. Helena
Europe
St. Guentin
Somme
Schckd
St. Ourcy
Paris
Meuse
Rhine
Bulle
Rhone
Marseilles
Amsterdam
Dhe
Antwerp
Cherbourg
Italy
Pompeii
Alps
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Congress
Geneva
United States
Afr
U. States
Bank of the
United States Bank
Philadelphia and
Lancaster
Friends of National Improvements
Atlantic
Nower
St. Domingo
Carracas
Geneeral Lafayette