 That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...  "Sam": Or The History of Mystery - Page 344by Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
..." Elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free; and all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common...public uses without their own consent or that of their representative so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Browne - 1868 - 238 pages
...citizens. And even Virginia declares, in her ancient Bill of Rights, " that all men having sumcient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage." Wherever free colored men were recognized as free citizens or subjects, but were, nevertheless, not... | |
 | Ninian Wirt Edwards, Ninian Edwards - 1870 - 554 pages
...declared* "that elections of members or representatives of the people ought to be free, and no one ought to be taxed or deprived of their property for public...their own consent or that of their representatives, nor ~bound ty any law to which they have not assented." And in the instruction of their delegates in... | |
 | Ninian Wirt Edwards, Ninian Edwards - 1870 - 572 pages
...declared "that elections of members or representatives of the people ought to be free, and no one ought to be taxed or deprived of their property for public...their own consent or that of their representatives, nor lound ly any law to which they hate not assented." And in the instruction of their delegates in... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - 1870 - 548 pages
...the year 1790, they ratified the Constitution of the United States. They then solemnly declared, " That all men having sufficient evidence of permanent...common interest with, and attachment to the community, ought to have the right to vote ! " The practical question, for I reject all theories of natural right... | |
 | William Read Staples - 1870 - 778 pages
...direct. 6. That elections of representatives in the legislature ought to be free and frequent, and all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, ought to have the right of suffrage ; and no aid, charge, tax or fee, can be set, rated or levied upon... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - 1870 - 542 pages
...power of the State in the hands of the " sober minded " democracy — in the hands of those who give " sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community." They want no constitution which will not give to the floating masses, congregated in the large towns,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 580 pages
...June 12, 1776, anterior to the Declaration of Independence, is the following emphatic claim : — " All men having sufficient evidence of permanent common...and attachment to the community have the right of svffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 pages
..." Elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly ought to be free ; and all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common...public uses without their own consent or that of their representative so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 652 pages
..." Elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly ought to be free ; and all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common...public uses without their own consent or that of their representative so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for... | |
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