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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... "
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ... - Page 35
by Horace Greeley - 1864 - 37 pages
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A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ...

John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which when they enter into a state...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that...
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The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from ...

Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...nature equally free and in- inherent dependent, and have certain inherent rights, of'which, nehwwben they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de- Powerof rived from, the people; that...
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The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from ...

Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...nature equally free and Inherent independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, r '£'119when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; name-' ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,...
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A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the ...

Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 530 pages
..." 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, with the means of acquiring or possessing property." And yet if a citizen of that State wishes to do all in his power towards the...
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A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the ...

Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 540 pages
..." 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, with the means of acquiring or possessing property." And yet if a citizen of that State wishes to do all in his power towards the...
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Mr. Clay's Speech on the Tariff: Or, The "American System," So Called ; Or ...

Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 pages
...in the following words : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following provision in the fourth section of...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety — That all power was vested in and derived from the people, that magistrates were their trustees...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6

Law - 1831 - 494 pages
...of rights of Virginia, particularly, ranks in the same class, and secures on the same footing, " the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and obtaining happiness and safety." Surely, this court will not give its sanction to a distinction between...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of ..., Pages 94-830

Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1830 - 932 pages
...nature tree and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ef society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest...life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and posstssing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety ;' to deprive a citizen of any...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of ..., Pages 94-830

Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...hands. The first article declares, " that all men nre by nature" free and independent ; and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their p wterily : namely, the enjoyment of lift and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,...
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