Note 22 — Chapter VIII
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"The government (of the U.S.) proceeds directly from the people; is 'ordained and established' in the name of the people."—M'Culloch vs. Maryland, 4 Wheaton, 403.
"The government of the Union is emphatically and truly, a government of the people; and in form and in substance it emanates from them. Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit."—Same, pages 404, 405.
"The constitution of the United States was ordained and established, not by the United States in their sovereign capacities, but emphatically, as the preamble of the constitution declares, by 'the people of the United States.'"—Martin vs. Hunter's lessee, 1 Wheaton, 324.