 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1844 - 372 pages
...the people. By the second and the third articles of the bill of rights of Virginia it is declared " that all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that government is or ought to be instituted for their common benefit ; and that when it is found inadequate... | |
 | John Leland - 1845 - 760 pages
...righteous men have to part with a little of their liberty and property to preserve the rest. Third, that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people. Fourth, that the law should rule over rulers, and not rulers over the law. Fifth, that government is... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pages
...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently dorived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pu: suing aud obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. " That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pages
...with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...that magistrates are their trustees and servants, ai*L at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 528 pages
...phraseology of this section and that of the section before the Committee. It was in the following words : 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...and servants, and at all times amenable to them.* Mr. SHANNON had carefully examined the Constitutions of the different States, Virginia included, and... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 pages
...phraseology of this section and that of the section before the Committee. It was in the following words : 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Mr. SHANNON had carefully examined the Constitutions of the different States, Virginia included, and... | |
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 534 pages
...phraseology of this section and that of the section before the Committee. It was in the following words : 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrate«' are their trustee« and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Mr. SHANNON had... | |
 | 1850 - 114 pages
...drew; but I shall be very slow to believe it. True it is, in the language of the bill of rights, " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." But is it to be maintained that the people should control judges, and influence their decisions in... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1851 - 704 pages
...for the offence. In this commonwealth, the second article of the bill of rights having declared, " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. It follows as a necessary consequence that the people have a right to be informed of the conduct and... | |
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That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 
