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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ... - Page 35
by Horace Greeley - 1864 - 37 pages
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THE AMERICAN CONFLICT A HISTORY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES ...

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...
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The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to ...

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,...
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The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to ...

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,...
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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia: Passed in 1866-67, in ...

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...
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DOCUMENTS OF HE CONSTITUTIONLA CONVENTION

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...
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT ...

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...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 7

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...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 41

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...
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 1

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,...
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Notes on Historical Evidence in Reference to Adverse Theories of the Origin ...

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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