 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 Power-Holding Class Versus The Public. - Page 175by The Brotherhood of Liberty, Newport, Rhode Island - 1900Full view - About this book
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1860 - 488 pages
...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | Military art and science - 1861 - 658 pages
...into their own hands. In 1776, the representatives of Virginia passed a Bill of Kights, declaring, " that all men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and have ceitain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a (state of society, they cannot by any compact... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted June ~L2th, 1776. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1862 - 238 pages
...which -rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That -all men are by nature equally free and independent,...have certain inherent rights, of which, when they cuter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely,... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...Posterity, as the basig and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776. Sec. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a •fcite of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...the 27th of May by George Mason,' which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | John Adams Dix - United States - 1864 - 476 pages
...continue to vindicate a right established upon such a foundation ; that a people who have declared ' That all men are by nature equally free and independent,' ' and have made this declaration the first article in the formation of their government, should in defiance of... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...the 27th of May by George Mason,4 which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | George Lunt - History - 1866 - 584 pages
...June 12, 1776, more than three weeks earlier. Of the latter instrument the first article reads : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | 1867 - 312 pages
...Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of Government. I. That all. men are by nature equally free and independent,...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
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