 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 Seiten
...convention of 1860-'51, says: "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their trustees... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 702 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...they said do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent...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 - 1861 - 434 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1861 - 658 Seiten
...of Kights, declaring, " that all 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 - 1862 - 438 Seiten
...adopted June ~L2th, 1776. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when• they enter into...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Virginia - 1862 - 238 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...adopted June 1211,, 1776. . 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...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 - 1863 - 312 Seiten
...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 - 1865 - 692 Seiten
...to it. Three weeks before, the Virginia Convention had unanimously adopted a Declaration of Eights, reported on the 27th of May by George Mason,' 'which...American Independence was • first communicated by Mr. Jefferson separately to two of his colleagues, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, on the committee chosen... | |
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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... 
