 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pages
...man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. .12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 1 3. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pages
...man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 1 2. That the freedom of the press is one of the great...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pages
...denied or delayed. rides of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty; and therefore ought never to be restrained. " That the people of this state ought not to be taxed, or made... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - 1850 - 274 pages
...a law by that body is an express declaration of the opinion it entertains. The twelfth clause is, " That the freedom of the press is one of the great...never be restrained but by despotic governments." The Constitution of the United States says, in the third article of the amendments, " Congress shall... | |
 | Virginia - 1851 - 1348 pages
...the ancient trial by jury of twelve men U preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
 | James Gettys McGready Ramsey - 1853 - 778 pages
...of the best securities of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. 15. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained. 16. That the people of this State ought not to be taxed, or... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 pages
...governments." Sec. 12. The declaration of rights of North Carolina (December 18, 1776,) provides, " That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty ; and therefore ought never to be restrained." Sec. 15. The constitution of Georgia (1798,) provides, "Freedom... | |
 | Edward Peterson - 1853 - 440 pages
...the people have a right to freedom of speech and of writing, and publishing their sentiments ; that freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and ought not to be violated. " Under these impressions," say they, " and declaring that the rights aforesaid... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 1 3. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 600 pages
...man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
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That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state; that standing armies in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty, and that in all cases the military... 
