| HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...Convention had unanimously adopted a Declaration of Eights, reported on the 27th of May by George Mason,4 which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally...American Independence was first communicated by Mr. Jefferson separately to two of his colleagues, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, on the committee chosen... | |
| George Lunt - History - 1866 - 662 pages
...the first article reads: " That all men are by nature equally .free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,... | |
| George Lunt - United States - 1867 - 536 pages
...the first article reads : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1867 - 598 pages
...foundation of government. 1. What all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. -. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates... | |
| 1867 - 312 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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That this State shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...which they said do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government: "All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; magistrates are their... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 940 pages
...foundation of government : 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That this State shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the... | |
| Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...of this State declares that " all men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Const., art. 3. § 1. Can the Legislature, iu view... | |
| William Cabell Rives - United States - 1881 - 696 pages
...rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining hnppiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and Nature vested in, and consequently derived from,... | |
| John Brown Dillon - Federal government - 1871 - 148 pages
...declarations appear:— 1st.—" 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 compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means... | |
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