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Lincoln painstakingly monitored the telegraph reports coming into War Department He tracked all phases of the effort consulted with governors and selected generals based on their success (as well as their state and party) in January 1862 after many complaints of inefficiency and profiteering in the War Department Lincoln replaced Simon Cameron with Edwin Stanton as War Secretary Stanton centralized the War Department's activities auditing and cancelling contracts saving the federal government $17,000,000.:115 Stanton was a staunchly Unionist pro-business conservative Democrat who moved toward the Radical Republican faction He worked more often and more closely with Lincoln than any other senior official "Stanton and Lincoln virtually conducted the war together," say Thomas and Hyman. .

Northern antislavery elements feared the expansion of the Southern Slave Power; Whigs generally wanted to strengthen the economy with industrialization not expand it with more land Among the most vocal opposing the war in the House of Representatives was John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts Adams had first voiced concerns about expanding into Mexican territory in 1836 when he opposed Texas annexation He continued this argument in 1846 for the same reason War with Mexico would add new slavery territory to the nation When the vote to go to war with Mexico came to a vote on May 13 Adams spoke a resounding "No!" in the chamber Only 13 others followed his lead However he later voted for war appropriations.:151. Article I of the Constitution creates and sets forth the structure and most of the powers of Congress Sections One through Six describe how Congress is elected and gives each House the power to create its own structure Section Seven lays out the process for creating laws and Section Eight enumerates numerous powers Section Nine is a list of powers Congress does not have and Section Ten enumerates powers of the state some of which may only be granted by Congress. Constitutional amendments have granted Congress additional powers Congress also has implied powers derived from the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause, Aracaju Sergipe Brazil (1855) Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina 2 Yes Yes The Sixteenth Amendment in 1913 extended congressional power of taxation to include income taxes without apportionment among the several States and without regard to any census or enumeration the Constitution also grants Congress the exclusive power to appropriate funds and this power of the purse is one of Congress's primary checks on the executive branch. Congress can borrow money on the credit of the United States regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states and coin money. Generally both the Senate and the House of Representatives have equal legislative authority although only the House may originate revenue and appropriation bills. . Reasons Ricord General Hospital, Kingdom of France: the traditional capital was Paris though from 1682-1789 the seat of government was at the Palace of Versailles located in a rural area southwest of Paris, Abolition of slavery by state action during the Civil War. .