The powers of Congress are ... by Henry Knox, an American Soldier

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“The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.”

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Henry Knox

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Name: Henry Knox

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jul 25, 1750

Date of Death: Oct 21, 1806

Profession: Soldier

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Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.

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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.

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Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.

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