| Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 pages
...rights tells you, " that elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in Assembly ought to be free, and that all men having sufficient...be taxed, or deprived of their property for public uges, without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1876 - 578 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 svffrai/f, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent... | |
| William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 pages
...direct. '.VI. 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,... | |
| George Bancroft - 1878 - 648 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...cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for pub lie uses without their own consent or that of their representative so elected, nor bound by any... | |
| 1879 - 736 pages
...elections. 6. That elections of members, to serve as representatives of the people in the Legislature, ought to be free, and that all men having sufficient...to the community, have the right of suffrage ; and can not be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent, or that of... | |
| ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE - 1879 - 718 pages
...elections. 6. That elections of members, to serve as representatives of the people in the Legislature, ought to be free, and that all men having sufficient...to the community, have the right of suffrage ; and can not be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent, or that of... | |
| Peleg Whitman Chandler - 1880 - 332 pages
...Electors on equal terms with other citizens. And even Virginia declares, in her ancient Bill of Rights, "that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent...attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage." Wherever free colored men were recognized as free citizens or subjects, but were, nevertheless, not... | |
| Ohio State Bar Association - 1908 - 212 pages
...man or set of men are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community. "That all elections ought to be free and that all...attachment to, the community have the right of suffrage. "That no free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people, but by a firm... | |
| John Esten Cooke - 1883 - 578 pages
...is found inadequate or hostile, " a majority of the community has the right to alter or abolish it." All men having " sufficient evidence of permanent...common interest with, and attachment to, the community " should have the right of suffrage. The freedom of the press is " one of the great bulwarks of liberty... | |
| 1913 - 1372 pages
...support of the government This continued in force until I860. Virginia : By the Constitution of 1776 to all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the Constitution. By the Constitution of 1830 it was restricted to every white male citizen having qualifications... | |
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