Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, submits his opinion to President Washington, on the constitutionality of the (first) central Bank of the United States: The Constitution for the united States “implies” that unconstitutional means may be employed to a constitutional end.

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Hamilton Argues for the Constitutionality of the National Bank, February 15, 1791
www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch08_03.htm

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