 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...  The Educational Journal of Virginia - Page 216edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; name-' ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently Power of tinderived from, the people; that magistrates are... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de- Powerof rived from, the people; that... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following provision in the fourth section of... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; that among these was the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety — That all power was vested in and derived from the people, that magistrates were their trustees... | |
 | Law - 1831 - 494 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.' 2. That political power resides in the people. 3. That government is instituted for the common benefit, and... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1830 - 932 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The eloquent and learned gentleman from Loudoun, read to us a number of Constitutions, and... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity -. namely, the enjoymenl of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness ami-safety." — The article enumerates property as equally Bear and sacred with /;/'< and liberty,... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterily ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees... | |
 | John D. Paxton - History - 1833 - 228 pages
...cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity: namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." — Article 1, Bill of Rights of Virginia. Most of the states, either in their constitutions... | |
 | George Bourne - Enslaved persons - 1834 - 266 pages
...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." — Virginia. " All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent,... | |
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