 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...  A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ... - Page 220by John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - 1813 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...This constitution had prefixed to it the following " Bill of Rights;" viz.— A Declaration of Bights made by the Representatives of the good People of Virginia, assembled in futt and free Convention ; which rights do pertain to them and their Posterity, as the basis and foundation... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...giving an equitable distribution of the real estate of intestates. SEC. 7. BILL OF RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA. A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives...rights do pertain to them and their Posterity, as the basig and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776. Sec. 1. That all men are... | |
 | Thomas Low Nichols - Slavery - 1864 - 388 pages
...Constitutions of the several States. I copy first the following from the CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA :— " A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives of the Good People of VIRGINIA, assembled infull and free convention ; which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and... | |
 | John Adams Dix - United States - 1864 - 476 pages
...continue to vindicate a right established upon such a foundation ; that a people who have declared ' That all men are by nature equally free and independent,' ' and have made this declaration the first article in the formation of their government, should in defiance of... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Cemeteries - 1866 - 568 pages
...CONSTITUTIONS — THE SOUTHERN STATES TOLERATION IN THE STATES, AN ISSUE OF PROVIDENCE. § 62. By the "Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives...the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and per convention," it is declared, among other things, as the "basis and foundation of government," that... | |
 | George Lunt - History - 1866 - 584 pages
...was promulgated on the fourth day of July, 1776. But it was based in essential respects upon the " Declaration of rights made by the Representatives of the good people of Virginia," unanimously adopted in Convention, June 12, 1776, more than three weeks earlier. Of the latter instrument... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...1850-51, without alteration, and on the 14th day of March, 1864, the same was unanimously re-adopted as A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives...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... | |
 | 1867 - 312 pages
...adoption of the following Preamble, Bill of Rights, and Articles one and two of the Constitution : A DECLARATION" OF RIGHTS, made by the representatives...Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which riglds <lo pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1867 - 598 pages
...Alexandria on the 13th day of February, 1864. A. Declaration of Rights made ly the Representatives of tl\t good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free...rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the lasts and foundation of government. 1. What all men are by nature equally free and independent, and... | |
 | George Wythe Munford - Virginia - 1867 - 60 pages
...accused of any offence — a right which the great men of Virginia and of every other state declared to " pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government." What would such men as Marshall, and Wythe, and Eoane have said, if they had been asked by a committee... | |
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