 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1853 - 884 strani
...unconstitutional, because of the clause in the Virginia bill of rights, which declares "that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing Tux, 1853. ] Mutin et al. Ez parte. and obtaining happiness and safety." And of this, he said: "to... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 strani
...representatives of the people of Virginia, assembled in convention, adopted a bill of rights, as follows : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | 1848 - 544 strani
...foundation." This Declaration of Rights, bearing date June 12, 1776, announced among other things, " that all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Upon " the basis and foundation" of this Declaration of Rights, the convention proceeded to... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 strani
...people of Virginia, assembled in convention, adopted a bill of rights, as follows : "That all men are-by nature equally free and independent, and have certain...their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberly, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pu: suing aud obtaining happiness... | |
 | 1827 - 452 strani
...to the government of this state, m the first section of the bill of rights, in the following words.' ''That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest tlirir posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing... | |
 | George Long - 1850 - 704 strani
...hand as the Declaration of the American Congress, July 4, 1774. The Virginia Declaration declares, 1 ; " That all men are by nature equally free and...which, when they enter into a state of society, they caunot by any compact deprive or divest posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... | |
 | Virginia - 1851 - 1348 strani
...men are by nature equally free and independent, and hare certain inherent rights, of which, when tfwy enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any...and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happinfM and safety. 3. That all power is vested in. and consequently derived from the people ; that... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 334 strani
...nature equally free and independent, and have certain INHERENT RIGHTS, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety." Virginia Bili qf lit'g/its, Art. I. FIRST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. iKUtl)... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 336 strani
...independent, and have certain INHERENT BIGHTS, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot hy any compact deprive or divest their posterity —...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety." Virginia Bill qf Rights, Art. I. FIEST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. afflitf)... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 678 strani
...adopted, known as the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1 Hen. 47), of which the first article reads, " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and the pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 1 The fourth article—" That no man or set of men... | |
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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... 
