The position that the strict constructionists take in the
early years under the constitution is that the congress had the power of which
only listed in the article 2, section 8, and clause 1-17. Whereas the liberal constructionists
would have their congress to stench their power with the use of the elastic
clause, known as clause 18.
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This passage is about the speech of President Jackson in Congress, where he defended the process of remorse of the Indians.
The use of the word "progessive" refers to the continuation of a process begun earlier, where the Indians were massacred and expelled from their territories to the detriment of the white man's civilization. The former president used that term as a way to slow down an attitude that today would be understood as barbarism, but one that is part of US history.