...which -rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That -all men are by nature equally free and independent,...have certain inherent rights, of which, when they cuter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely,...

...their Posterity, as the baiit and foundation of Government, Unanimously adopted June 1211,, 1776. . 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates...

...Posterity, as the basig and foundation of Government. Unanimously adopted, June 12th, 1776. Sec. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a •fcite of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment...

...the 27th of May by George Mason,' which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." See also the Mecklenburg Declaration. The original draft of the Declaration of American Independence...

...continue to vindicate a right established upon such a foundation ; that a people who have declared ' That all men are by nature equally free and independent,' ' and have made this declaration the first article in the formation of their government, should in defiance of...

...the 27th of May by George Mason,4 which proclaims that " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." See also the Mecklenburg Declaration. The original draft of the Declaration of American Independence...

...June 12, 1776, more than three weeks earlier. Of the latter instrument the first article reads : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,...

...June 12, 1776, more than three weeks earlier. Of the latter instrument the first article reads : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." But at the very time that Bill of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Convention of Virginia,...

...Convention, 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,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That this State shall ever remain a member of the United States of America, and that the...

...rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the lasts and foundation of government. 1. What all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. -. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates...