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 | John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...governments. XIII. 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;...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. •» XIV. That the people have a right to uniform government; and therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...violated. arms; 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 are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state; that «landing armies in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous...subordination to, and governed by the civil power. 14. (This article also was inserted by the convention.) frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...safe defence of a free statei that standing armies * time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous ю liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should...subordination to, and governed by the civil power. 14. (This article aloo was inserted by the con vention.) 15. Thkt no free government, or the blessing... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...regulated militia, composed of tlie body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and s»fe defence of a free state; that standing armies in time of peace, should be avoid «d, as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...composed of the or the mibody of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural '"'* and auci safe defence of a free state ; that standing armies,...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. . XIV. That the people have a right to uniform govern- Uniform ment ; and therefore that no government... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...governments. 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...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. jJ4. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...arms ; that a well regulated mili' tia, including the body of the people capable of ' bearing arms, is the proper, natural, and safe ' defence of a free State. " That standing armies, ' in times of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and ' ought not to be kept up, except in cases of neces'... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - Virginia - 1835 - 644 pages
...bear arms ; 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 an time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 686 pages
...and bear arms ; that a wellregulated 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, are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection... | |
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