The Constitution invested the Federal Government with the right of providing for the interests of the nation; and it had been held that no other authority was so fit to superintend the "internal improvements" which affected the prosperity of the whole Union; such, for instance, as the cutting of canals.
Konstituzioak gobernu federalari ematen zion nazio-interesak zaintzeko ardura. Izan ere, pentsatu zen berari zegokiola barnean egin edo bultzatzea Batasun osoaren oparotasuna areagotzeko moduko eginkizun handiak (internal improvements), kanalak, esate baterako.