...would not have taken. The first power they gave Congress was the vital power to levy taxes in order to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States. It was a mighty but beneficent power, and it was the open sesame...

...provides : That the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States. And under the plea of those words it has imposed the most gigantic...

...of taxation by the general government, accordint? to the spirit of the cuaetitntion, undoubtedly ie to pay the debts and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the union, by the means confided to cnogiees. It te freely admitted that i hi- power...

...imposts, excise and tonnage duties; to borrow money on the faith, credit, and property of the government; to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the republic. SEC. 2. To regulate commerce, to coin money, to regulate the value...

...follows: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, in order to pay the debts, and to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; that is, for the purpose of paying the public debts, and providing...