| Virginia - 1867 - 598 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. -. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. •>. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection anil security... | |
| FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That ah* power is vested in, and consequently derived from,...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... | |
| Frank Moore - 1867 - 868 pages
...governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed," and in our own Bill of Rights, that " all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people," has not only been violated and set at nought, but has been trampled under foot. In the cull of the... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. " Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation,... | |
| John Brown Dillon - 1871 - 156 pages
...means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 3d. — "That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d. — "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security... | |
| 1907 - 816 pages
...droit de suspendre les loix , ou d'en arreter l'exeeution. on meme de les annnler, Virginia, Art. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all time amenable to them. Massachusetts, Art. IX. All elections ought to be free; and all the inhabitants... | |
| Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 660 pages
...obtaining happiness and safety. All i>ower is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation,... | |
| Patrick Cudmore - 1875 - 278 pages
...of a man born a magistrate, lawgiver, or judge, is absurd and unnatural." In Virginia it is held " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived...and servants, and at all times amenable to them." The following states have recognized the right of rebellion in their constitutions: New Hampshire,... | |
| Virginia. General Assembly - 1876 - 88 pages
...allegiance and obedience arc due from every citizen, anything in the constitution, ordinances or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. 4. That...amenable to them. 5. That government is, or ought t<3 be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation or community... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 3. 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... | |
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