TWO ISSUES OF THE FRANKLIN GAZETTE, WITH ONE OF THE EARLIEST NOTICES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S LANDMARK DECISION IN McCULLOCH V. MARYLAND, DECIDED MARCH 6, 1819.
Philadelphia: 1819 [9 March, 11 March]. 9 March 1819: Vol. III, No. 322. Elephant folio leaf, folded to [4] pages, each page13-1/2" x 22-3/4," and printed in five columns. Masthead with an engraved bust of Franklin. Light spotting, Very Good.
11 March 1819: Vol. III. No. 324. Elephant folio leaf, folded to [4] pages, each page13-1/2" x 22-3/4," and printed in five columns. Masthead with an engraved bust of Franklin Light spotting, Very Good.
Richard Bache was the publisher. Each issue delights in the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, upholding "the constitutionality of the bank of the United States, and its entire exemption from State taxation." Chief Justice Marshall "pronounces the BANK OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL, and declares all attempts on the part of the State Legislatures to tax it UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and NULL and VOID." The decision is "of the highest political importance. Since the adoption of the constitution, few subjects have more divided the opinions and excited the feelings of the country."
No decision is more important in defining the scope of Congress's powers, and the relation of the federal government to the States. The Court established that the Constitution's "Necessary and Proper" Clause granted the federal government certain implied powers necessary and proper for the exercise of the powers enumerated explicitly in the Constitution; that the American federal government is supreme over the states; and States lacked power to impede the functions of the national government.
These issues are filled with interesting advertisements for books, coach and transportation lines, fire engines, lotteries, furniture, cloths, auction sales, a Run Away "mulatto woman, aged about 20 years." Other articles list federal appointments, Acts of Congress, events in Florida, Supreme Court arguments, other issues of the day. Item #40256
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