| Alden Bradford - Massachusetts - 1822 - 1122 pages
...of the State founded in taxation, but on the assurance that the surrendered powers would have been used to provide for the common defence to protect...blessings of liberty to them and their posterity. At a moment, then, when a war, commenced by our national rulers, is prosecuted to conquer the provinces... | |
| Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 696 pages
...more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity. Can it be said that the anticipations of our forefathers, who looked to effect... | |
| 1832 - 496 pages
...considerable diversities of municipal legislation, they adopted a government of com' common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and to their posterity. Is there one of these objects but includes, in its very conception,... | |
| South Carolina - Law - 1836 - 476 pages
...more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity. Can it be said that the anticipations of our forefathers, who looked to effect... | |
| Angelina Emily Grimké - HISTORY - 1838 - 138 pages
...that instrument, the great objects for which it was framed are-tleclared to-be 'to establish justice, to promote the general 'welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to us and to our posterity..' The slave laws are flagrant violations of these fundamental principles.... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1839 - 944 pages
...amongst other things, to form i more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, and to secure the blessings of liberty to them and their posterity ; that, to this end the powers of legislation were vested in representative and deliberative assemblies,... | |
| William Dexter Wilson - Slavery - 1839 - 64 pages
...to the constitution, that it was adopted "to establish justice," "to ensure domestic tranquility," "to promote the general welfare," "and to secure the blessings of liberty." But every law which has been enacted against the slave has done directly contrary to this. The laws... | |
| Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1840 - 632 pages
...perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty." They were not unmindful of the large appropriations which were annually made for the continuation of... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1840 - 618 pages
...perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquilily, provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty." They were not unmindful of the large appropriations which were annually made for the continuation of... | |
| John W. King - United States - 1841 - 80 pages
...establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, to pay the debts, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and posterity." pendent existence equally with that of the State governments, and with all... | |
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