 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Criminal law - 1851 - 704 pages
...for the offence. In this commonwealth, the second article of the bill of rights having declared, " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. It follows as a necessary consequence that the people have a right to be informed of the conduct and... | |
 | Virginia - Virginia - 1851 - 1348 pages
...the people ; that magistrates are their trustee* and servanta, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be instituted for...protection and security of the people, nation or community ; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is beet which is capable of producing the... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1851 - 620 pages
...bill of rights of Virginia of 1776, which was unanimously adopted, contained the following provision. That Government is or ought to be instituted for the...protection and security of the people, nation or community. Of all the various modes and forms of Government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest... | |
 | Vermont - Constitutions - 1852 - 86 pages
...executive, are their trustees and servants, and at all times, in a legal way, accountable to them. VII. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are a part... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Natural history - 1853 - 736 pages
...executive, are their trustees and servants, and at all times, in a legal way, accountable to them. VII. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or ad vantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are a... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...the people ; that magistrates are their trustees nnd servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...protection, and security of the people, nation, or community : of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing (he... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is, by God and nature, vested in, and consequently derived from the people...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of... | |
 | Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban - History - 1856 - 514 pages
...executive, are their Trustees and Servants, and at all Times accountable to them. SECTION THE FIFTH. That Government is, or ought to be, instituted for...Security of the People, Nation or Community ; and not for the particular Emolument or Advantage of any single Man, Family or Set of Men who are a Part... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 668 pages
...democracy ? Let me read that clause of the Bill of Eights of Virginia which relates to this : 3d clause ; " That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest... | |
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That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness... 
