\"Thosenationswhohavegoneinsearchofgrandeur,powerandsplendor,havealwaysfallenasacrificeandbeenthevictimsoftheirownfolly.
Whiletheyacquiredthosevisionaryblessings,theylosttheirfreedom.\"
Theconsolidationistsforgetthesewholesometruths,intheireagernesstoinvestthefederalgovernmentwitheverypowerwhichisnecessarytorealizetheirvisionsinagreatandsplendidnation.Hencetheydonotdiscriminatebetweentheseveralclassesoffederalpowers,butcontendforallofthem,withthesameblindanddevotedzeal.Itisremarkablethat,intheexerciseofallthosefunctionsoftheFederalGovernmentwhichconcernourforeignrelations,scarcelyacasecanbesupposed,requiringtheaidofanyimpliedorincidentalpower,astowhichanyseriousdoubtcanarise.Thepowersofthatgovernment,astoallsuchmatters,aresodistinctlyandplainlypointedoutintheveryletteroftheConstitution,andtheyaresoampleforallthepurposescontemplated,thatitisonlynecessarytounderstandthemaccordingtotheirplainmeaningandtoexercisethemaccordingtotheiracknowledgedextent.Noauxiliariesarerequired;
thegovernmenthasonlytogoonintheexecutionofitstrusts,withpowersatonceampleandunquestioned.Itisonlyinmatterswhichconcernourdomesticpolicy,thatanyseriousstruggleforfederalpowerhaseverarisen,orislikelytoarise.Here,thatloveofsplendoranddisplay,whichdeludessolargeaportionofmankind,uniteswiththatself-interestbywhichallmankindareswayed,inaggrandizingtheFederalGovernment,andaddingtoitspowers.Hewhothinksitbettertobelongtoasplendidandshowygovernment,thantoafreeandhappyone,naturallyseekstosurroundallourinstitutionswithagaudypageantry,whichbelongsonlytoaristocraticormonarchicalsystems.Butthegreatstruggleisforthosevariousandextendedpowers,fromtheexerciseofwhichavaricemayexpectitsgratifications.
Hencethedesireforaprofuseexpenditureofthepublicmoney,andhencethethousandschemesunderthenameofinternalimprovements,bymeansofwhichhungrycontractorsmayplunderthepublictreasury,andwilyspeculatorspreyuponthelessskillfulandcunning.Andhence,too,anothersortoflegislation,themostviciousofthewhole,which,professingafairandlegitimateobjectofpublicgood,looks,really,onlytothepromotionofprivateinterests.Itisthusthatclassesareunitedinsupportingthepowersofgovernment,andaninterestiscreatedstrongenoughtocarryallmeasuresandsustainallabuses.