Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶105

The history of the times will, therefore, sustain the opinion, that the grant of power over commerce, if intended to be commensurate with the evils existing, and the purpose of remedying those evils, could be only commensurate with the power cf the States over th<? subject. And this opinion is supported by' a very remarkable evidence of the general understanding of the whole American people, when the grant was made.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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