 | George Hay - Freedom of the press - 1803 - 90 pages
...meaning of the lath fection of our bill of rights. " The freedom of the prefs," fays the 12th fection, " is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be reftrained but by a defpotic government." If the law, and theconftitution, are at variance, with each... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...standing armies in time of peace should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. •» XIV. That the people have a right to uniform government; and therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...best securities of the rig-hts of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. XV. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and therefore ought never to be restrained. XVI. That the people of this state ought not to be taxed or... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection of the community will admit; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by the civil power. xvin. That no soldier in time of peace ought to be quartered in any house without the consent of the... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...«landing armies in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by the civil power. 14. (This article also was inserted by the convention.) frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...ancient trial by jury it preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacrtJ. i 12. That the freedom pi the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be re«trained but by despotic governments. 13. That a veil regulated militia, composed of tUe body of... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...armies, in " ' '• time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. . XIV. That the people have a right to uniform govern- Uniform ment ; and therefore that no government... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1835 - 624 pages
...The fifteenth article in the constitution of the latter declares in still stronger terms, that the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained. The constitution of New Hampshire contains the same provision... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. jJ4. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...than in any other State. Its language is stronger and more explicit. It is in these words: " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and, therefore, ought never to be restrained." Notwithstanding this, the common law of libels is in full... | |
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... freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided,... 
