| Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services. 2. That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and established for their benefit ; and, therefore, they have at all times an unalienable and indefeasible... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1855 - 714 pages
...offered the following proceedings of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, which were received and read. " That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded OR their authority and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness," are the fundamental principles... | |
| Law - 1856 - 764 pages
...to dispense with the obligation of its laws. Its doctrine is the supremacy of the people, and that " all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit." The legislature establishes general rules for the guidance of its citizens. It does not necessarily... | |
| Jonathan French - Newspapers - 1857 - 594 pages
...same, and as inviolable, as the right of the owner of any property whatever. § 1. That all power ia inherent in the people, and all free governments are...happiness, security, and the protection of property. For the advancement of these ends, they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to... | |
| Frederick Gerhard - History - 1857 - 474 pages
...acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. 2. That all power is inherent in the people, and all...authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according... | |
| American essays - 1920 - 1146 pages
...which fairly express the political philosophy underlying the Constitution of the United States as well, 'is inherent in the people and all free governments...their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness. For the advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible... | |
| Frederick Law Olmsted - Frontier and pioneer life - 1857 - 570 pages
...free government may be recognized and established, wo declare that — SEC. 1. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments...founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit ; and they have at all times the nnalienable right to alter, reform, or abolish their form... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. All power is inherent in the people ; all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit ; and they have, therefore, an inherent and indefeasible right to institute government, and... | |
| Frederick Gerhard - History - 1857 - 466 pages
...acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. 2. That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments ar^ founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. 3. That all... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1858 - 820 pages
...separate public emoluments or privileges, but in consideration of public services. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments...founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit ; and therefore they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform,... | |
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