| Thomas Low Nichols - Slavery - 1864 - 388 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity. " 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their... | |
| George Lunt - History - 1866 - 584 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1867 - 598 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. -. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates... | |
| George Lunt - United States - 1867 - 536 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,... | |
| 1867 - 312 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That this State shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
..."All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; magistrates are their... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 940 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That this State shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the... | |
| Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Const., art. 3. § 1. Can the Legislature, iu view... | |
| William Cabell Rives - United States - 1881 - 696 pages
...rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining hnppiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and Nature vested in, and consequently derived from,... | |
| John Brown Dillon - Federal government - 1871 - 148 pages
...and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 2d.—"That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d.—"That... | |
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