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| Clement Laird Vallandigham - United States - 1864 - 586 pages
...free government? may be recognized and forever unalterably established, we declare, "SEO. 1. That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and inalienable rights, amongst which* are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing,... | |
| Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Vermont - 1866 - 436 pages
...will prevent all that is unnecessary, OUR STATE. The fundamental law of our State declares, " that all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing... | |
| New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...accountable to them. ЛГавя., 280. — All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. Co/., 96 ; (substantially... | |
| FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...beginning. ARTICLE I. BILL OF RIGHTS. SECTION!. All men are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain unalienable rights — among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. § 2. All political... | |
| American Colonization Society - History - 1867 - 214 pages
...Liberia; and do ordain and establish this constitution for the government of the same. SECTION 1. All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural inherent and inalienable rights, — among which are the rights of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring,... | |
| Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - Court rules - 1868 - 1198 pages
...Nsmrai natural and nnalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and ri«htedefending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is in- political stitnted for the protection,... | |
| South Carolina. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 930 pages
...arisen, I will offer an amendment which I think will obviate all objections. It is this: "That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain, natural, inherent and inalienable rights." Mr; BF WHITTEMO'EE. I would like to ask the mover how people a.re born independent... | |
| Ambrose Yoemans Moore - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 404 pages
...principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and unalterably established, we declare that all men are born ' equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights; among which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, and of acquiring,... | |
| J. W. Lugenbeel - African Americans - 1868 - 324 pages
...Liberia, and do ordain and establish this Constitution, for the government of the same. SEC. 1. All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural inherent and inalienable rights — among which are the rights of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring,... | |
| J. W. Lugenbeel - African Americans - 1868 - 336 pages
...and inalienable rights — among which are the rights of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SEC. 2. All power is inherent in the people ; all free governments are instituted by their authority... | |
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