All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property ; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. The Ohio Law Journal - Page 7771884Full view - About this book
| Iowa. Constitutional Convention - 1857 - 596 pages
...place of beginning. ARTICLE 1. — BILL OF RIGHTS. Section 1. All men are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights — among which...enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. Sec. 2. AH political... | |
| Ohio. General Assembly. Senate - 1857 - 650 pages
...requires such legislation for one, would require it for all. Then, it is declared, in section 6, that "all men are by nature free, and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, etc." We should enact, according to the majority, then, that whoever "by force or fraud, shall "aid... | |
| Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 pages
...succeeding generation*, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE 1. Rights and Privileges. 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,... | |
| Iowa, Iowa. Constitutional Convention - 1857 - 656 pages
...the other States in the Union. The first two sections of the present Constitution reads as follows : 1. All men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights — among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,... | |
| Iowa. Supreme Court, George Greene (Reporter) - 1858 - 646 pages
...result if the decision of this court is to become the law of the land. The constitution declares " that all men are by nature free and independent, and have...enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property." If this property is to be held by the citizen, subject to the... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1879 - 672 pages
...The rights of citizens, as assured to all in our State Constitution, which provides that our people "have certain inalienable rights, among which are...enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property," have been defiantly violated by infuriated mobs. This hitherto... | |
| California. Supreme Court - 1858 - 822 pages
...first article of the State Constitution, and therefore void. The first section declares " all men arc by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which arc those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property,... | |
| 1859 - 448 pages
...order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution. ARTICLE I. — DECLARATION OF EIGHTS. SECTION 1. All men are by nature free and independent,...enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SEO. 2. All political... | |
| William Astley Cooper Anderson - 1859 - 92 pages
...chapter 95 of the Session Laws of 1850. page 219. The first section of the declaration of rights is, "All men are by nature free and independent, and have...enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and defending property ; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." This general... | |
| W. C. Anderson - 1859 - 104 pages
...chapter 95 of the Session Laws of 1850, page 219. The first section of the declaration of rights is, "All men are by nature free and independent, and have...enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and defending property ; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." This general... | |
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