 South is broken, and they submit themselves to their duty to obey, and our right to have obeyed, the Constitution of the United States, as  Executive Power - Page 12by Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1862 - 34 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1915 - 1144 pages
...the legislative nullification which Calhoun had attempted in South Carolina. He had sworn to regard the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land and the National authority as paramount over that of the States. He could not violate that oath, no... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...political and civil rights o all citizens, without distinction of race or color. 2. That we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land ,nd a wise embodiment of the principles of free government, and, following its teachings, we will adopt... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, United States. Supreme Court, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 708 pages
...counsel. And, indeed, it cannot be denied; the treaty having been sanctioned, in all its parts, by the constitution of the United States, as the supreme law .of the land. Then arises the great question, upon the import of the fourth article of the treaty. And to me, the... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1870 - 144 pages
...political and civil rights to all citizens, without distinction of race or color. 2. That we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land and a wise embodiment of the principles of free government, and, following its teachings, we will adopt... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1870 - 142 pages
...political and civil rights :o all citizens, without distinction of race or color. 2. That we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land and a wise embodiment of the principles of free *overnment, and, following its teachings, we will idopt... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1871 - 822 pages
...political and civil rights of all citizens, without distinction of race or color; that we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land, and a wise embodiment of the principles of free government, and, following its teachings, we will adopt,... | |
 | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1872 - 782 pages
...allegianee to the State ? Anneer. Yes, sir, I thonght the State sovereign. Answer. Did yon not regard the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land ? Answtr. I did when it existed in anthority over the State of Alabama, but no longer. Qneslion. After... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 790 pages
...Held, 1. That the said act, as a measure of legislation, can have no force in any court recognizing the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land. 2. That it did not assume to confer upon such commanders any greater authority than they, by the laws... | |
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