Hence each
has its own sphere, in which it can move on without colliding
with that of the other. Each is independent and complete in
relation to its own work, incomplete and dependent on the other
for the complete work of government.
The division of power is not between a NATIONAL government and
State governments, but between a GENERAL government and
particular governments. The General government, inasmuch as it
extends to matters common to all the States, is usually called
the Government of the United States, and sometimes the Federal
government, to distinguish it from the particular or State
governments, but without strict propriety; for the government of
the United States, or the Federal government, means, in
strictness, both the General government and the particular
Governments, since neither is in itself the complete government
of the country. The General government has authority within
each of the States, and each of the State governments has
authority in the Union. The line between the Union and the
States severally, is not precisely the line between the General
government and the particular governments. As, for instance,
the General government lays direct taxes on the people of the
States, and collects internal revenue within them; and the
citizens of a particular State, and none others, are electors of
President and Vice-President of the United States, and
representatives in the lower house of Congress, while senators
in Congress are elected by the State legislatures themselves.
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