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CHAPTER 2 FREEDOM
either have enumerated powers (those specifically granted by the people to
the government) or governments can have all power unless specifically
prohibited by some document.
The former type is the government of free men; the latter is the govern-
ment of slaves. Kings, dictators, and tyrants want all power in their hands;
free men attempt to limit government to specifically enumerated powers.
It would be difficult to limit the powers of the government in the "All
Risk" method: every conceivable instance where government was not
intended to operate would have to be enumerated. The task of detailing the
exact conditions where government could not operate would be impossible,
especially if the intent was to limit the powers of government.
America's founding fathers were aware of the difference between the two
methods and attempted to limit government to a "Named Peril" form: they
listed the exact powers they granted government. They spelled these out,
specifying the powers exactly. Congress was granted the power "to declare
war," "to coin money," to establish "post offices and post roads," and to
"raise and support armies," amongst others.
As a further evidence that they were concerned about limiting the
powers of government, they added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
These were specific limitations on governmental authority. But the ultimate
limitation on the power of the federal government was the 10th Amendment.
This read: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitu-
tion, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people."
In other words, the founding fathers gave us a "Named Peril" form of
government. They limited the powers of government to those specifically
enumerated in the Constitution.
Confirmation of this fact comes frequently from our Congressmen,
although less often than before. One supporter of this limited power position
stood up in the House of Representatives in 1814 and addressed the nation.
He said:
The Government of the United States is a Government of
limited powers. You take by grant; your powers are special and
delegated — that must be construed strictly.
All powers not delegated are reserved to the States or the
people. Your authority is defined — you take nothing by inference
or application, except what may be "necessary and proper for
carrying into execution" the powers expressly granted. 9
There are those, unfortunately, who believe that their power in the halls
of Congress is nearly unlimited. Most cite the so-called "General Welfare"
clause of the Constitution as the source of their supposed authority to
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