 | Virginia - 1803 - 548 pages
...the people have a right to uniform government ; and there-' fore, that no government fcpantte frorri, or independent of, the government of Virginia, ought to be erected or dtaWiiLe J within the limits thereof. XV. THAT no free govermftent, or the blefling of liberty, can... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell - 1813 - 322 pages
...the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. •» XIV. That the people have a right to uniform government;...erected or established within the limits thereof. XV. That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - 1815 - 364 pages
...constitutionally exercise that office? — The fourteenth article of the Virginia Constitution recites " that the people have a right " to uniform government; and therefore, that no govern" ment separate from, or independent of, the govern" ment of VIRGINIA, ought to be erected or... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1821 - 674 pages
...right to uniform govern- Uniform #«ment; and therefore, that no government separate from, vemment, or independent of, the government of Virginia, ought...erected or established within the limits thereof. 1 5. That no free government, or the blessing of li- Recurrence berty, can be preserved to 'any people... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 pages
...a right to uniform govern- Uniform ment ; and therefore that no government separate from, ? >vcrnor independent of, the government of Virginia, ought...erected or established within the limits thereof. XV. That no free go*ernment, or the blessing of li- Fundaberty, can be preserved to any people but... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 742 pages
...of our State Constitutions contain a similar assertion. The Bill of Rights of Virginia declares, " That no free Government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any People, but. by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." But why need 1 invoke the aid of any authority, when... | |
 | 1831 - 494 pages
...and natural defence of a free state. 14. The people have a right to uniform government, and therefore no government separate from or independent of, the...or established within the limits thereof.' 15. That free government and liberty can be preserved only by adherence to justice, moderation, temperance,... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1830 - 932 pages
...change those principles. Tin's notion they had derived from the 15th section, in the following words : " That no free Government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a rinn adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...of 1839-30. To ifhidt are subjoined the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People. No free Government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, out ty a jirm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 pages
...to institute, reform, alter, or abolish government; that none separate from, or independent of that of Virginia, ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof; and that the government, under the British crown, is totally dissolved. 1 Rev. Code Va. 1, 7. This... | |
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... state ; that standing armies in time of peace should be avoided as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. 
