That all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole. Session Laws and Resolutions - Page lxiiby North Carolina - 1879Full view - About this book
| Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Made by the Representatives of the Freemen of the State of North- Carolina. SECTION I. THAT all political power is vested in and derived from the people only . II. That the people of this State ought to hare the sole and exclusive right • of regulating... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare, 1. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people. fi. That the people of tins state have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal... | |
| Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...essential principles of liherty and free government mayhe recognized and estahlished, we declare: § 1. That all political power is vested in, and derived from the people. 2. That the people of this state have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal... | |
| Missouri - 1837 - 394 pages
...essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognised and established, WE DECLARE, 1. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people : 2. That the people of this state have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...i>u<;li manner as shall be judged most ditducive to the public weal." — -Constitution of Virginia. " 1. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people oflly. ••2. That the people, of this Slate ought to have the sole and exclusive light of regulating... | |
| United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal." THE CONSTITUTION or NORTH CAROLINA.—"!. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people only." Here is evidence of the highest de- and equal, and government being instigree that, according... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare : SEC. I. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people. SEC. II. That the people of this state have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...please." § 98. The declaration of rights of North Carolina, adopted on 18th December, 1776, provided : " That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people only. " That the people of this state ought to have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the... | |
| John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare : SEC. 1. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people. 2. That the people of this State have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal... | |
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