 | Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...religious denomination. The laws should be made, not for the good of the few, but of the many; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens." THOMAS W. DORR. PROVIDENCE, RI, May 3, 1S42. No. 214. Governor Dorr's address to the people of Rhode... | |
 | William Goodell - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1842 - 128 pages
...religious denomination. The laws should he made, not for the good of the few, but of the many, and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens." THOMAS W. DORK. PROVIDENCE, RI May 3, 1842. Our readers, we can assure them, are now in possession... | |
 | Constitutions - 1843 - 434 pages
...safety, and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for the good of the whole ; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. § 3. Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free ; and all attempts to influence it by temporal... | |
 | Rhode Island - Law - 1844 - 612 pages
...safety and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for thegood of the whole ; and the burdens of the state ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. SEC. 3. Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free ; and all attempts to influence it by temporal... | |
 | Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 366 pages
...religious denomination. The laws should be made, not for the good of the few, but of the many, and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens." But the Journal of May 5th, tries — very feebly — very unfortunately — to get up a laugh at its... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1853 - 240 pages
...safety, and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for the good of the whole ; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. Sec. 3. Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free ; and all attempts to influence it by temporal... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...safety, and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for the good of the whole ; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. §3. Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free; and all attempts to influence it by temporal... | |
 | Rhode Island - Law - 1857 - 882 pages
...safety and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for the good of the whole ; and the burdens of the state ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. SEC. 3. Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free ; and all attempts to influence it by temporal... | |
 | Dan King - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1859 - 382 pages
...religious denomination. The laws should be made, not ' for the good of the few, but of the many ; and the burdens of the state ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens." THOMAS "W. DORR. PROVIDENCE, RI, May i, 1842. Rhode Island, at this moment, presented a strange anomaly.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1862 - 802 pages
...provides in its declaration of rights, that "All laws should be made for the good of the whole ; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens." In section 12 of the same declaration it also provides, that no "ex post facto law or laws impairing... | |
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All free governments are instituted for the protection, safety and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, should be made for the good of the whole; and the burdens of the State ought to be fairly distributed among its citizens. 
