 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - Indiana - 1888 - 498 pages
...of Rights of 1776, which was reaffirmed in their Constitution of 1830, opened with this article : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." * This provision is as capable of sustaining a construction of emancipation as either of the... | |
 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - History - 1888 - 484 pages
...of Rights of 1776, which was reaffirmed in their Constitution of 1830, opened with this article : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or diveat their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and... | |
 | William T. Alexander - African Americans - 1800 - 662 pages
...the 27th of May, by George Mason, which proclaims that by nature all men are eqiially free and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. The progress of the Revolution justified and deepened these convictions. Slavery soon proved... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1144 pages
...privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." And the "bill of rights" of this state declares that " all men are, by nature, equally free and independent,...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their oosteritv ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
 | Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Illinois - 1891 - 504 pages
...privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." And the "Bill of Eights" of this State declares that "All men are, by nature, equally free and independent,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Can the legislature, in view of these constitutional... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1048 pages
...privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." And the bill of rights of this state declares that " all men are by nature equally free and independent,...with the means of acquiring and possessing property, »nd of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety ": Const., art. 3, sec. 1. Can the legislature,... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - Legislators - 1892 - 496 pages
...; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that Magistrates... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 pages
...which rights 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,...certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into APPENDIX. 439 a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ;... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly - Virginia - 1893 - 118 pages
...convention; which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basin and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 68 nation, are unauthorized and ought to be resisted with the whole power of the State. 3.... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention, George A. Glynn - Constitutional conventions - 1894 - 1120 pages
...shall conclude, " Against the peace and dignity of the State." ARTICLE ITT. Rill of Riy/ifg. 1. All men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. 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... 
