 | William Read Staples - 1870 - 778 pages
...the enjoyments of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is naturally vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates, therefore, are their... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1871 - 156 pages
...when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 3d. — "That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d. —... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1871 - 148 pages
...when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 2d.—"That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d.—"That... | |
 | 1907 - 816 pages
...droit de suspendre les loix , ou d'en arreter l'exeeution. on meme de les annnler, Virginia, Art. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all time amenable to them. Massachusetts, Art. IX. All elections ought to be free; and all the inhabitants... | |
 | 1921 - 510 pages
...they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divert their posterity, namely the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the-...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." (Va. Bill of Rights Sec. 1.) As has been surmised, contention is respectfully being made for... | |
 | Charles Deane - 1874 - 22 pages
...society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of lite and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." That of Pennsylvania is as follows : — " That all men are born equally free and independent,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1875 - 572 pages
...dy any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, wtth the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." That of Pennsylvania is as follows : — " That all men are born equally free and independent,... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...of which, they cannot, by any compact, deprive, or divest their posterity ; (л) among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and nature vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates are their trustees... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly - 1876 - 88 pages
...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 the...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That this state shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the people thereof... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 pages
...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 the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
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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... 
