 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - History - 1815 - 514 pages
...which tend directly to the total overthrow and prostration of republicanism. That all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, -when they enter into society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, was one of our maxims. We had... | |
 | Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 540 pages
...the Jaws of Lycurgus and of the • Romans can avail nothing. The Virginian Bill of Rights declares, that “all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,... | |
 | Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 562 pages
...by the laws of Lycurgus and of the Romans can avail nothing. The Virginian Bill of Rights declares, that " all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 532 pages
...ise in all nations, and have stood the shock of ages. We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 526 pages
...maxims, which tend to the prostration of republicanism. I, We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...which they could not, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity •, that among these was the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety—That all power was vested in and derived from the people,... | |
 | John D. Paxton - History - 1833 - 232 pages
...been or are more read among us. It was sanctioned by our national and state legislatures ;* acted * " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...means of acquiring and possessing - property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."—Article 1, Sill of Eights of VirginiaMost of the states,... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1835 - 388 pages
...their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12M, 1776. 1. THAT all men are by nature equally free and independent,...inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a nute of ťociety, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment... | |
 | Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 552 pages
...prostration of republicanism. MR. HENRY'S SPEECH, &c. 53 We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, b/any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 686 pages
...this time, but will resume the subject as early as I can. We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have, certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of the... | |
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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... 
