 | John Wilson Campbell - 1813 - 322 pages
...do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 pages
...nature equally free and in- inherent dependent, and have certain inherent rights, of'which, nehwwben they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de-... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 pages
...of this State, in the first section of the Bill of Rights, in the following words : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following... | |
 | 1831 - 494 pages
...adopted in convention, January 15, 1830. Declaration of Rights. Art. 1. 'That all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.' 2. That political power resides in the people. 3. That... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...common to every human being. Take the definition of the first article of the Bill of Rights : " All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the mean* of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." it... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1830 - 932 pages
...nature tree and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ef society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest...life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and posstssing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety ;' to deprive a citizen of any... | |
 | John D. Paxton - 1833 - 228 pages
...more read among us. It was sanctioned by our national and state legislatures ;* acted « "That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." — Article 1, Bill of Rights of Virginia. Most of the... | |
 | George Bourne - 1834 - 266 pages
...injury by one to another; and these rights are essential to their welfare.' ' — Delaware. "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." — Virginia. " All men are born equally free and independent,... | |
 | Thomas Price - 1837 - 36 pages
...THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." — Declaration of Independence. " All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." — Virginia. " Through divine goodness, all men have... | |
 | Joseph Tate - 1841 - 992 pages
...and foundation of government. Unanimously adopted, June 12, 1776. [9 St. Larg. 109.] 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power 'is vested in, and consequently derived... | |
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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 any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... 
