 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 678 pages
...adopted, known as the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1 Hen. 47), of which the first article reads, " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and the pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 1 The fourth article—" That no man or set of men... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 778 pages
...adopted, known as the Virginia Declaration of Bights (1 Hen. 47), of which the first article reads, " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...which when they enter into a state of society, they caunot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely the enjoyment of life and liberty,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 792 pages
...adopted by the convention of 1829-'30, and re-adopted by the convention of 1850-'51, says : " All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their trustees... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 pages
...adopted by the convention of 1829-'30, and re-adopted by the convention of 1860-'51, says: "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their trustees... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1860 - 488 pages
...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 490 pages
...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government: " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; magistrates are their... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 pages
...and their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted June ~L2th, 1776. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Virginia - 1862 - 238 pages
...by the Representatives of Ike gnad people of VIRGINIA, axsembled in full and free Convention, which -rights do pertain to them and their posterity as...have certain inherent rights, of which, when they cuter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely,... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...their Posterity, as the baiit and foundation of Government, Unanimously adopted June 1211,, 1776. . 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1863 - 312 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a •fcite of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...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... 
