 | Massachusetts - 1852 - 94 pages
...Massachusetts. ART. I. ALL men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and un alien able rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Constitutional history - 1852 - 680 pages
...ART. 1. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable right* : among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. 2. It is the right, as well as the duty, of all men in society, publicly, and at stated reasons, to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 158 pages
...Massachusetts. ART. I. ALL men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - United States - 1853 - 364 pages
...First, Art. I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalieuable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying...Seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 700 pages
...born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable rights; among which maybe reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 860 pages
...and equal and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned tne right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." Sir, there is not one word in either, of these documents which recognizes the principle that each man,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 pages
...MASSACHUSETTS. ARTICLE 1. All men are bom free and equal, and have certain' natural, essential, and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of...enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that df acquiring, possessing, and protecting property ; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety... | |
 | William Goodell - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 628 pages
...men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable rights, which are the right of enjoying and defending their lives and...liberties, that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property.'—It would be difficult to select words more precisely adapted to the abolition of slavery."—Pickering's... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...Massachusetts. Article 1. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights: among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. 2. It is the right, as well as the duty, of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - History - 1854 - 890 pages
...equal, says the Constitution of Massachusetts, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of...acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in 6ne, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Privileges, according to the same authority,... | |
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All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that... 
