 | Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 344 pages
...Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they enter into a state of society, they cannot by 2O7 any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... | |
 | 1886 - 896 pages
...unconstitutional, because of the clause in the Virginia bill of rights, which declares " that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...which, when they enter into a state of society, they can not by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 336 pages
...Representatives of the good People of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 pages
...the twelfth of June read a third time, and unanimously adopted. These are the rights which they said do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a... | |
 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1888 - 484 pages
...of Rights of 1776, which was reaffirmed in their Constitution of 1830, opened with this article : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or diveat their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1888 - 596 pages
...representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention ; which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government," which has immortalized the body, and has been adopted as the foundation of all American governments.... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 pages
...Representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis...and foundation of government. 1. That all men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights, of which they cannot,... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 pages
...Representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. 1 Mason Papers, MS. copy. 1. That all men are created equally free and independent, and have certain... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 496 pages
...Representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. { i. That all men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights,... | |
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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 S09 ^ to deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,... 
