 | John Brown Dillon - Federal government - 1871 - 148 pages
...Convention assembled, passed a Bill of Eights, in which the following declarations appear:— 1st.—" That all men are by nature equally free and Independent,...they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - States' rights (American politics) - 1871 - 156 pages
...Convention assembled, passed a Bill of Rights, in which the following declarations appear : — 1st. — " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - United States - 1872 - 676 pages
...are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights." This was changed to "That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights." The preamble to the Constitution states that it was adopted " in compliance with the recommendation... | |
 | Charles Deane - Constitutional law - 1874 - 22 pages
...declaration, given above, corresponds to the first article from the Virginia Declaration, which follows : — "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of lite and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...assurance, as near as may be, should be in the spirit of the Founders of governments in America, viz: "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divert their posterity, namely the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the- means of acquiring and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1874 - 834 pages
...that this right of emigration or expatriation isoiie of those inherent rights of which, when t!i<-v enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity. But although municipal laws cannot takeaway or destroy this right, they may regulate the manner and... | |
 | Education - 1875 - 398 pages
...upon the famous Declaration of Rights, declaring that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, etc."; adopted a preamble and resolutions on independence; and instructed their delegates to the General... | |
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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... 
