...to them" (Article I, Section 2). And in language that also echoes the Declaration of Independence, "Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the...security of the people, nation, or community . . . and, when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community...

...magistrates, therefore, are their trustees and agents, and, at all times, amenable to them. 2. That government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish,...