 | Joseph Blunt - Cherokee Indians - 1843 - 300 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... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 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. 14. That the people have a right to uniform government ; and, therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. " That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, :vs dangerous to liberty ; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by the civil power. 14. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separ^b... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 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. " That the people have a right to uniform government ; and, therefore, that no government separate... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 272 pages
...that body is an express declaration of the opinion it entertains. The twelfth clause is, " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments." The Constitution of the United States says, in the third article of the amendments,... | |
 | Virginia - Virginia - 1851 - 1348 pages
...ancient trial by jury of twelve men U preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained... | |
 | Edward Peterson - America - 1853 - 440 pages
...the people have a right to freedom of speech and of writing, and publishing their sentiments ; that freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and ought not to be violated. " Under these impressions," say they, " and declaring that the rights aforesaid... | |
 | James Gettys McGready Ramsey - Franklin (State) - 1853 - 778 pages
...best securities of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. 15. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained. 16. That the people of this State ought not to be taxed, or... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal law - 1853 - 1006 pages
...governments." Sec. 12. The declaration of rights of North Carolina (December 18, 1776,) provides, " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty ; and therefore ought never to be restrained." Sec. 15. The constitution of Georgia (1798,) provides, "Freedom... | |
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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,... 
