 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...but in consideration of public services. 2. That ajl power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted...advancement of these ends, they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their government, in such manner as... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 744 pages
...much the same declaration, in these words : " That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted...peace, safety and happiness : For the advancement of those ends, they have, at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - Tax-sales - 1864 - 724 pages
...and of pursuing their own happiness." '2. " That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness." It will be seen, on a critical examination of these provisions, that seven great and essential principles... | |
 | Tennessee - Law - 1865 - 218 pages
...governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness ; and for the advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish the government in such manner as they... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction - Freed persons - 1866 - 836 pages
...constitution of the State of Tennessee declares: "That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted...advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and ¡mil-feasible right ID alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...the people : for the advancement of these ends (peace, safety, and happiness), they (the people) have indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their Government, in such manner as they may think proper. Art. 10, sec. 3. TENNESSEE. 1796. " Governor shall be Commander-inchief of, &c. except when... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - Political Science - 1867 - 594 pages
...people, and all governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their safety, peace and happiness. For the advancement of these ends,...their government, in such manner as they may think proper." 1 But, let it be noted, that these Constitutions do not say, that every mode of exercising... | |
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That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness... 
