When once the dispute over the apportionment of direct taxes among the slave states was settled, it was an easy matter to decide that Congress should have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises.
一旦奴隶州之间关于直接税分配的争论得到解决,就很容易决定会有权规定和征税、关税、进口税和消费税。