Note 896 — Chapter VI

This resolution declared that Virginia assented to the Constitution only on condition that "Every power not granted, remains with the people, and at their will; that therefore no right of any denomination can be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified, by the congress, by the senate, or house of representatives acting in any capacity; by the President or any department, or officer of the United States, except in those instances in which power is given by the constitution for those purposes." (Journal, House of Delegates, Virginia, 1819-20, 58.)