 | Massachusetts - 1852 - 94 pages
...politic ; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity their natural rights and the...necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact, by which... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 pages
...existence of die body politic ; to protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their...necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness.. Body politic, THE body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 158 pages
...existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their...necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact, by which... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 572 pages
...existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their...necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact, by which... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 860 pages
...politic ; to protect it ; and to furnish the indiridaals who compose it with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity their natural rights and the...whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people " Thursday,] CBO-WNINSHZELD. [June 30th. Xot the latent, but the people. "The people have a right to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 854 pages
...great objects are not obtained, the people " Thursday,] CROWNINSHIELD. Not the towns, but the people. " The people have a right to alter the government, and...necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association " Of what ? Of towns ? No ! but of people. "... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - United States - 1853 - 364 pages
...obtaining their safety and happiness. protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights, and the blessings of life.* In other words, the object of government is, to sustain and enforce limitations upon the supposed,... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 130 pages
...existence of the body politic ; to protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life." " It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an equitable... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - History - 1854 - 890 pages
...existence of the body politic ; to protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their...necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness." The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts begins with these words. They are sufficiently... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - History - 1854 - 890 pages
...existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life. It is not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men. The source... | |
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The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural... 
