 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 702 pages
...natural rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. [The same as the original draught of George Mason, except that the clause " by God and Nature"... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1860 - 488 pages
...foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - United States - 1861 - 434 pages
...rights, of which they can not, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity.0 Among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means, of...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is, by Qod and nature, vested in, and consequently derived from the people... | |
 | Military art and science - 1861 - 658 pages
...men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and have ceitain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a (state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive their posterity ; viz., the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1862 - 238 pages
...by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they cuter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, th» enjoyment of life and liberty, with tUe means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a •fcite of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." See also the Mecklenburg Declaration. The original draft of the Declaration of American Independence... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." See also the Mecklenburg Declaration. The original draft of the Declaration of American Independence... | |
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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... 
