 | 1840 - 554 էջ
...maxims, which tend to the prostration of republicanism. 0 We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of... | |
 | 1841 - 460 էջ
...their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776.. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. , 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Joseph Tate - 1841 - 992 էջ
...as the basis and foundation of government. Unanimously adopted, June 12, 1776. [9 St. Larg. 109.] 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power 'is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 688 էջ
...rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and CHAP. XXIX. 1776. Declaration of rights. 1st June. Discussion of the question of independency. 7th... | |
 | 1842 - 712 էջ
...their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government, Unanimously adopted, June 12, 1776. " 1. That all men are, by nature, equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. "2. That all power is invested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
 | 1843 - 434 էջ
...Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776. 1. TRAT all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1844 - 372 էջ
...it is that we find it at the head of our Virginia Bill of rights in the following emphatic terms ; " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...into a state of society they cannot by any compact divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty with the means of acquiring and... | |
 | Lysander Spooner - 1845 - 168 էջ
...slavery. The rest of the Virginia constitution is eminently democratic. The bill of rights declares " that all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights," * * " namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | 1845 - 564 էջ
...maxims, which tend to the prostration of republicanism^ We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independ•ent, and- have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of... | |
 | Lysander Spooner - 1845 - 168 էջ
...slavery. The rest of the Virginia constitution is eminently democratic. The bill of rights declares " that all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inner48 THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY. ent rights," * * " namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,... | |
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That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... 
