 | Frank Moore - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 618 pages
...republicanism. We have one, sir, that all men are by nature :ims of •ed by / kind — \S uirable V free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of the same spirit, which must be beloved every friend to liberty, to virtue,... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 pages
...convention of 1829-'30, and re-adopted by the convention of 1860-'51, says: "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... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 792 pages
...convention of 1829-'30, and re-adopted by the convention of 1850-'51, says : " 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... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 634 pages
...liberty, without charge or conviction Opinion of the Court. of crime ? The bill of rights declares, that " all men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights— among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This language... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted June ~L2th, 1776. 1. 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... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1862 - 238 pages
...and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That -all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they cuter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely,... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776. Sec. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a •fcite of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...foundation of Government, Unanimously adopted June 1211,, 1776. . 1. 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... | |
 | George Lunt - History - 1866 - 518 pages
...weeks earlier. Of the latter instrument1 the first article reads : " 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,... | |
 | Franklin Tuthill - History - 1866 - 688 pages
...of his peers. This was not up to the standard of public sentiment. It was tinally amended to declare that " all men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain inalienable lights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty." Lest that should... | |
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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... 
