*g [Footnote f: The action of this court is indirect, as we shall hereafter show.] [Footnote g: It is thus that "The Federalist," No.

45, explains the division of supremacy between the Union and the States: "The powers delegated by the Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined.

Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite.

The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce.

The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the internal order and prosperity of the State." I shall often have occasion to quote "The Federalist" in this work.