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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 3

1827 - 542 pages
...we are now endeavoring to impose upon the people of Missouri. It expressly asserts the principles, that " all just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed ; and the right of the people to alter or abolish, and institute it anew, as to them shall seem most...
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Sermons Preached at the Annual Election

1836 - 538 pages
...recreant to religious principle. That the people should be intrusted with their own welfare, that the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed, were accounted monstrous dogmas, till the pious puritans " dipped the banner of the cross in the blood...
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Speeches on Special Occasions

1839 - 556 pages
...to THE PEOPLE under a moral responsibility to the Supreme Ruler of the universe ; and that all the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed. 4. That under this proclamation of principles, the dissolution of allegiance to the British king, and...
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The Jubilee of the Constitution: A Discourse Delivered at the Request of the ...

John Quincy Adams - 1839 - 156 pages
...exclusively to THE PEOPLE under a moral responsibility to the Supreme Ruler of the universe; and that all the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed. 4. That under this proclamation of principles, the dissolution of allegiance to the British king, and...
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Proceedings of the Women's Rights Convention

1854 - 194 pages
...be represented. Again, it is acknowledged in this country, and it is eternally true. that " all the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed." If so, then, as woman is a subject of government, she ought to have a voice in enacting the laws. If...
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Proceedings of the National Women's Rights Convention Held at Cleveland ...

1854 - 204 pages
...be represented. Again, it is acknowledged in this country, and it is eternally true, that " all the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed." If so, then, as woman is a subject of government, she ought to have a voice in enacting the laws. If...
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Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society for the ..., Volume 21

New York State Agricultural Society - 1862 - 916 pages
...duties to God and ourselves, to maintain this government till no traitor's foot desecrates the land. " All just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed " — the natural rights of man are equal ; and upon these doctrines our government was established....
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The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City ...

Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1866 - 726 pages
...settled on the principles of justice. When one of the corner stones of government is the principle that " all just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed," the logical conclusion must result that in order to be held amenable to laws, woman must have a share...
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Crimes of the Civil War, and Curse of the Funding System

Henry Clay Dean - 1869 - 562 pages
...nations as well as for men, and is alike obligatory upon both. There is no application of the principle that " all just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed," more forcible or just than to that of taxation. NO ONE GENERATION OF MEN HAVE THE RIGHT OF CONTRACT,...
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Women's Suffrage: The Reform Against Nature

Horace Bushnell - 1869 - 202 pages
...a legal fiction so great, that it would scarcely be greater without any vote at all. If it be meant that all just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed, in the sense, that so many "just powers'' are, in fact, gotten by the surrender and contribution of...
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