 | William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 442 pages
...alter their Constitutions of Government : but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." And in accordance with this feeling, the Members of the General Legislatures, and of the respective... | |
 | William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 440 pages
...of Rhode Island says : " In the words of the Father of his Country (Washington), we declare that the basis of our political Systems is the Right of the People to make and alter their Constitutions of Government: but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1845 - 250 pages
...of liberty. " The basis of our political system," he says, " is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...laws, acquiescence in its measures, are ditties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems, is the right of the...Government : but the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1846 - 334 pages
...laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems, is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...of liberty. " The basis of our political system," he says, " is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.... | |
 | Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. Hut the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1847 - 474 pages
...political systems is, the right cf the people to make and to alter their constitution of govern ment. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentick act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 pages
...laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is, the right of the people to make and to alter their constitution of govern ment. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...and executive proceedings. SEC. 1. In the words of the Father of his Country, we declare, that " the basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government ; but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till... | |
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory... 
