 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pages
...people of Virginia, assembled in convention, adopted a bill of rights, as follows : "That all men are-by nature equally free and independent, and have certain...their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberly, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pu: suing aud obtaining happiness... | |
 | 1827 - 454 pages
...to the government of this state, m the first section of the bill of rights, in the following words.' ''That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest tlirir posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing... | |
 | George Long - 1850 - 704 pages
...hand as the Declaration of the American Congress, July 4, 1774. The Virginia Declaration declares, 1 ; " That all men are by nature equally free and...which, when they enter into a state of society, they caunot by any compact deprive or divest posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... | |
 | Virginia - 1851 - 1346 pages
...men are by nature equally free and independent, and hare certain inherent rights, of which, when tfwy enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any...and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happinfM and safety. 3. That all power is vested in. and consequently derived from the people ; that... | |
 | 1852 - 680 pages
...by the Representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | A. S. Barnes - 1852 - 676 pages
...good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them cm<e their posterity as the basis and foundation of government....property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 334 pages
...nature equally free and independent, and have certain INHERENT RIGHTS, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety." Virginia Bili qf lit'g/its, Art. I. FIRST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. iKUtl)... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 532 pages
...Unanimously adopted, June \2th, 1776. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and inde- • pendent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | 1855 - 576 pages
...Representatives of the good People of VIRGINIA, assembled in full and free Convention, which rig/its do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 pages
...by the Representatives of the good peopte of VIRGINIA, assembled in full and free Convention, ichich rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
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That all men are by nature 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; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... 
