 That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State ; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty ; and that, in all cases,...  DOCUMENTS OF HE CONSTITUTIONLA CONVENTION - Page 2781867Full view - About this book
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...erected or established within the limits thereof. 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state i that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 734 pages
...be restrained but by despotic governments. XIII. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. XIV. That the people have a right to uniform government ; and therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1883 - 562 pages
...defense of a state is " a well-regulated militia ; " standing armies are " dangerous to liberty ; " and " in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power." Religion is "the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it can be directed... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1884 - 1242 pages
...that liberty. 15. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to "ms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. 16. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
...of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised. In all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by the civil power. Freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained, but by the... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 480 pages
...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. "A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state; standing armies in time of peace should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and in all cases the military... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 pages
...the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state ; standing armies in time of peace should be avoided as dangerous to liberty ; and in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to the civil power. " The people have... | |
 | West Virginia - 1884 - 994 pages
...deprived by law, of any right, or privilege, because of any act done prior to the passage of such law. 12. Standing armies in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty. The military shall be subordinate to the civil power; and no citizen, unless engaged in the military... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - 1885 - 698 pages
...This provision speaks for itself. The experience of all nations, has shown, that a large standing army in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty, and that the quartering of soldiers upon the citizens of the state, had been a very common resort of arbitrary... | |
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