...sixteenth paragraph of the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, it is provided, " That congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature, in which the same...

...more effectual relief of Insolvent Debtors, &e." because, by the 8th see. of the 1st article of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared " that Congress shall have the power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ;"...

...the enumeration of the powers of Congress, in the 8th section of the 1st article, in these words : " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,...the seat of Government of the United States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the legislature of the State in which...

...confirmed, in express terms, by the eighth section of the first article of tlie Constitution, in whicli it is declared that " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,!)) all cases whatsoever, over rach District, (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may, by the cession...

...Columbia. 7, 1829. there can be no difference of opinion. In article 1, section 8, of the constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The words arc full, clear, and explicit. The power extends to "legislation in all cases...

...Columbia. 7, 1829. there can be no difference of opinion. In article 1, section 8, of the constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular...

...them. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, a right is enumerated : " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The power delegated to the Congress by virtue and force of this clause, is eminently...

...But there is another view still more conclusive. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors,...

...to this subject even in Columbia. By the 16th clause of the 8th section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared...the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by consent of the legislature of the State in which...

...the Union, possesses the power to abolish slavery in its capital, and refuses to exercise it. " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States."— Constitution U. Slates, Art. 1st, Sec. 8. The honor and good faith of this nation...