 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1883 - 770 pages
...words, as expressed in the Declaration of Kights, in our present constitution, that "all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority."- — Decl. Ind., US Const. ; Const. (1875), Ala. Decl. Rights, £ 3. Tlio cases, indeed, are multitudinous,... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pages
...Constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. ARTICLE 9. SEC. 1. All power is originally vested in the people ; and all free governments are founded on their authority, and are instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. 2. No freeman of this State shall be taken,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 pages
...public emoluments or privileges, from the community, but in consideration of public services. " That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituUxl for their peace, safety, and happiness : For the advancement of these ends, they have at... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pages
...protecting property and reputation ; and of pursuing their own happiness. 2. That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and established for their benefit ; and therefore they have, at all times, an inalienable and indefeasible... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pages
...if the constitution of this state had not been altered or amended. " All power is originally vested in the people ; and all free governments are founded on their authority, and are instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. " No freeman of this state shall be taken, or... | |
 | Illinois - 1849 - 452 pages
...property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. § 2. That all power is inherent in Ihe people, and all free governments are founded on their...instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. § 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1849 - 234 pages
...find a people forming a written Constitution of civil government, founded on the great principle, that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority. And in the exercise of their primitive sovereignty, the people parcelled out the powers of government,... | |
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - 1849 - 1140 pages
...convention, and referred to the committee of the whole. The secretary read it as follows : SEC. — . That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and consent, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness, and the security of their property.... | |
 | 1817 - 458 pages
...Indiana. ARTICLI I. and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. Sec. 2. That all power is inherent in the people; and all free governments are founded on ifiiir au, thority, and instituted for their peace, safety, Mid happiness. For the advancement of these... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1849 - 482 pages
...possessing, and protecting property, and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. SEC. II. That all power is inherent in the people ; and all free governments are foundi-d on their authority, and instituted far their peace, safety, and happiness. Sic. III. That... | |
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All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness. 
