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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... "
Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, Virginia - Page 53
by John D. Paxton - 1833 - 207 pages
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A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of a ...

Virginia - Law - 1803 - 1026 pages
...they enter into a ftate of fbciety, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divert their pofterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and poilellirg property, and pnrfuing and obtaining happinefs and fafety.-^II. THAT all power is veiled...
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A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ...

John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that...
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Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with ..., Volume 1

Stephen Cullen Carpenter - History - 1815 - 514 pages
...which tend directly to the total overthrow and prostration of republicanism. That all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, was one of our maxims. We had...
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The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from ...

Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...nature equally free and in- inherent dependent, and have certain inherent rights, of'which, nehwwben they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de- Powerof rived from, the people; that...
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The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from ...

Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...nature equally free and Inherent independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, r '£'119when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; name-' ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,...
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A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the ...

Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 540 pages
..." all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring or possessing property." And yet if a citizen of that State wishes to do all in his power towards the...
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A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the ...

Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 530 pages
...by the laws of Lycurgus and of the Romans can avail nothing. The Virginian Bill of Rights declares, that " all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,...
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A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the ...

Isaac Candler - Southern States - 1824 - 522 pages
...by the laws of Lycurgus and of the Romans can avail nothing. The Virginian Bill of Rights declares, that " all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,...
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Mr. Clay's Speech on the Tariff: Or, The "American System," So Called ; Or ...

Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 pages
...the Government of this State, in the first section of the Bill of Rights, in the following words : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following provision in the fourth section of...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 524 pages
...observance is essential to the security of happiness. It is We have one, sir, that all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity. We have a set of maxims of...
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