... when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to... The Handwriting on the Wall - Page 352by J. C. Cooper - 1903 - 377 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable and indefeasible right of making acquisitions upon This, sir, is the language of democracy — that a majority of the community have a right to alter... | |
| William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 702 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. 4. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. 4. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from... | |
| Virginia - 1862 - 238 pages
...community hath an indubitable, nnalienable, and indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abelislt it, ia such manner •as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. 4. That we man, er set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emolument!! or privileges from... | |
| Ezra Champion Seaman - 1863 - 312 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. 4. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or priviliges from... | |
| Hiram Fuller - 1863 - 352 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal." Maryland asserts—" That all government of right originates from the people, is founded in compact... | |
| Thomas Low Nichols - 1864 - 388 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal." THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS, adopted in 1779, is quite as emphatic— " An original, explicit,... | |
| Andrew Johnson - 1865 - 558 pages
...those purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged the most conducive to the public weal.' " i In the same convention Judge Marshall said, — " What... | |
| FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. 4. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from... | |
| John Alexander Jameson - 1867 - 594 pages
...these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as...shall be judged most conducive to the public weal." Now, the authors of this declaration evidently intended by it to assert for " a majority of the community"... | |
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