 | Virginia - Law - 1867 - 598 pages
...people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. •>. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection anil security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of aovernment,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 940 pages
...the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 5. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...security of the people, nation, or community ; of all the varióos modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1062 pages
...America in general." The Constitution of Virginia, formed in 1776, declares that " of all the various forms of government, that is best which is capable...producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety." Massachusetts declared in her Constitution, formed in 1780, that "government is instituted for the... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - States' rights (American politics) - 1871 - 156 pages
...safety." 3d. — "That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d. — "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community." — Code of Va., 1849, p. 32. IV. Declaration of Independence, 1776. On the 4th of July, 1776, in the... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Federal government - 1871 - 148 pages
...power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people." 3d.—"That government is, or onght to "be, instituted for the common benefit, protection,...security of the people, nation, or community."— Code of Va., 1849, p. 32. IV. Declaration of Independence^ 1776. On the 4th of July, 1776, in the Continental... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Vermont - 1871 - 284 pages
...times, in a legal way, accountable to them. VII. That government is, or ought to be, instituted fur the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1875 - 724 pages
...legislative or executive, are their trustees and servants, and at all times accountable to them. V. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...protection, and security of the people, nation or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men who are... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...people, nation or community. Of all the various modes arid forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness... | |
 | William Mason Cornell - Dutch - 1876 - 598 pages
...legislative or executive, are their trustees and servants, and at all times accountable to them. " 5. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who form a part only of that community... | |
 | Vermont - 1878 - 598 pages
...partial operation, it will be well to keep in view that excellent maxim contained in our bill of rights, that "government is or- ought to be instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are... | |
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That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community... 
