 | Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 336 pages
...Society. The next spring he completed a frame of government (April 25, 1682), with the express design " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power." It is prefaced with a long discourse on the nature, origin, use and abuse of government ; which shows... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1846 - 42 pages
...rule of conduct for the intercourse of nations. While he recognized as a great end of government, ' to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from abuse of power,' he declined the superfluous protection of arms against foreign force, and 'aimed to... | |
 | 1846 - 398 pages
...rule of conduct for the intercourse of nations. While he recognised as a great end of government ' to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from abuse of power, ' he declined the superfluous protection of arms against foreign force, and ' aimed... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1849 - 444 pages
...power of necessity, which is a solicitor that will take no denial, this induced me to a compliance, that we have, with reverence to God and good conscience...frame and laws of this government to the great end of goverrjment, to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse... | |
 | 1849 - 854 pages
...lesson to succeeding legislators. Here we find distinctly announced, the great object of government, " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power." For William Penn observes, " that government is free where the laws rule, and the people are a party... | |
 | 1849 - 770 pages
...who in drawing up a frame of fundamental law for that colony, declared the end of government to be, " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power." It will be borne in mind, in entering upon an examination of the first Administration, that, at its... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 428 pages
...the Law of Love, as a rule of conduct, in the intercourse of nations. While recognizing the duty " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from abuse of power," * as a great end of government, he declined the superfluous protection of arms against... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - 580 pages
...power of necessity, which is a solicitor that will take no denial, this induced me to a compliance, that we have, with reverence to God and good conscience...composed the frame and laws of this government to the groat end of all government, viz. to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Provincial Council - 1852 - 638 pages
...power of necessity (which is a solicitor that will take no denial) this induced me to a compliance, that we have (with reverence to God, and good conscience...the best of our skill, contrived and composed the FKAME and LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz : to support power in reverence... | |
 | Eli Kirk Price - 1852 - 198 pages
...rights of person, property, and reputation depend. Wm. Penn recognised it as a great end of government " to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power." Our civil institutions are habitually recognised by the Society as excellent, and deserving their respect... | |
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... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion,... 
