| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 526 pages
...maxims, which tend to the prostration of republicanism. ,, 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... | |
| Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...at the same time, and by the same hands. The first article declares, " that all men nre by nature" free and independent ; and have certain inherent rights,...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their p wterily : namely, the enjoyment of lift and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
| Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1830 - 932 pages
...any laws violating these principles. The first article declares, ' that all men are by nature tree and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ef society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. (Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776.) 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterily ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,... | |
| George Bourne - Enslaved persons - 1834 - 266 pages
...fora righteous man ; but for men-stealers." 1 Timothy 1 : 10. Paul, a Christian Apostle. " All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...or divest their posterity ; namely the enjoyment of lile and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessine property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness... | |
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