...ought not to move in this matter; that we have nothing to do with it. They urge in argument that the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and] that sanctions slavery. But it is the supreme law made by the voters, like the statutes denouncing...

...United States against any taxation of a state. In answer to this, it will doubtless be said that the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. For the constitution and " all laws made in pursuance thereof" are the supreme law of the land. Now,...

...ought not to move in this matter; that we have nothing to do with it. They urge in argument that the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, andj that sanctions slavery. But it is the supreme law made by the voters, like the statutes denouncing...

...paramount law. The same principle governs the supreme tribunal of the Union. No one can deny, that the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land ; and consequently, no act of any state legislature, or of congress, which is repugnant to it, can...

...be compelled by the bond of Union to surrender the fugitive slaves; and proceeded by saying that the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and every citizen of the United State*, therefore, owes a double allegiance; one to this Federal Government,...

...Lovejoy (Republican) of Illinois, hereupon proposed this counterpart to the foregoing : "Whereat, The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and ready and faithful obedience to it a duty of all good and law-abiding citizens: Therefore, "Resolved,...

...thoroughly. I stand by it. He, though he announced it, evades it in all his argument. It is that "the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land." And I go so far as to say that it has been the supreme law of the whole land every minute of time since...

...STATE LAWS. December 17, 18(iO. Mr. ADRAIN, of New Jersey, offered the following : '• Whereas the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and its ready and faithful observance the duty of all good and law-abiding citizens, — "fiesolved....

...abolitionists, on the 17th of December, offered, and pressed to a vote, the following : " WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and its ready and faithful obedience a duty of all good and law-abiding citizens; therefore, "Resolved,...

...UNCONSTITUTIONAL SJATE LAWS. December 1 7, 1860. Mr. ADRAIN, of New Jersey, offered the following : " Whereas the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and its ready and faithful observance the duty of all good and law-abiding citizens, — "Resolved....