ongress unconstitutional and the principle on which Marshall justified his decision was set forth in The Federalist. As for the case of McCulloch vs. Maryland, gave implied powers in the hands of the national government and laid down principles limiting the rights of states. Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, also exhibited Federalists’ ideologies, by declaring that the charter of Dartmouth (a private corporation) was a contract and inviolable by state authority.However, like the Republicans, Federalists strayed from their civic views on various incidents. They opposed the embargo act, mainly because they were pro-British. The embargo act caused New England, the power base of Federalists, to downfall into economic depression, because the shipping industry collapsed as exports fell by 80%. The New England states then demanded that the government remove its authority to impose embargoes (docum. E). In the Hartford, they wanted to restrict the presidency to one term and required a two-thirds congressional vote to admit new states to the Union (docum. E). Federalists also disapproved of the War of 1812. They claimed it as a Republican war—Mr.Madison’s War. They thought it was unconstitutional to draft people away from state militia (docum.D) . Madison responded with the “elastic clause,” which allowed Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.Both men (Jefferson and Madison) as well as both parties were steadfast to their views of interpretation in words, but when it came to action, they strayed from their political conceptions about the Constitution. Both political figures reinstated time after time that the nation rested solely on the states, but when the time came, with it was the second war with Britain or the trade with France, the two men broke from strict constructionism, in order to serve the public interest. In general, both presidents t...
