 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.  The Congressional Globe - Page 1723by United States. Congress - 1851Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all. times amenable to them. III. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 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...people, " that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at " all times amenable to them,' it follows as a necessary " consequence that the people... | |
 | Libel and slander - 1817 - 240 pages
...information for the offence. In this case the second article of the bill of rights, having declared that " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people, that magistrates are the trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them." It follows, as a necessary consequence,... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1830 - 932 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. " That a majority of the community ham an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right tii reform, alter... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...this Commonwealth and their posterity, as the basis and foundation <if Government. That maxim is. " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people , t lat magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at a!J tuneg amenable to them." To see the... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 8. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for... | |
 | Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power 'is vested in, and consequently derived...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... | |
 | Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. , 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...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... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...protecting property, and preserving and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is naturally vested in, and consequently derived from the people. That magistrates are their trustees and agents, and at all times amenable to them. " That the powers of government may be re-assumed by the... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Natural law - 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... | |
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