 SEC. 3. All persons are born equally free, and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of...  The Southeastern Reporter - Page 2291895Full view - About this book
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 626 pages
...essential, and inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending their life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property; and...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Sec. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded in their... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 930 pages
...CAROLINA.. ABTICLE I. DECLARATION OF &IGHTS. SECTION 1. All men are born free and equal — endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. SEC. 2. Slavery shall never exist in this State ; neither shall involuntary servitude, except as a... | |
 | 1868 - 50 pages
...CAEOLINA. ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF EIGHTS. SECTION 1. All men are born free and equal — endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. SECTION 2. Slavery shall never exist in this State ; neither shall involuntary servitude, except as... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...possess their natural rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending their lives and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Sec. '2. All political power is inherent iu the people, and all free governments are founded in their... | |
 | South Carolina - Law - 1873 - 1164 pages
...equal—endowed by their E nalit o{ Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are the rights men of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties,...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. SECTION 2. Slavery shall never exist in this State; neither shall slavery proinvoluntary servitude,... | |
 | Colorado - Colorado - 1877 - 1182 pages
...rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing and protecting property;...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. SEC. 4. That the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination,... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - Constitutional law - 1877 - 1054 pages
...rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that ons is one of SEC. 4- That the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination,... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - Constitutional law - 1880 - 80 pages
...born a magistrate, lawgiver, or judge, is absurd and unnatural." All men are endowed " with the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties,...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." They went even further than this, declaring that no man or association of men shall have any "peculiar... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - Constitutional law - 1880 - 76 pages
..." with the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties, of acquiring, possessing, 14 and protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." They went even further than this, declaring that no man or association of men shall have any "peculiar... | |
 | South Carolina. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1883 - 792 pages
...of the Constitution may be briefly summarized as follows: All men are born free and equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights, among which are the...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Slavery is prohibited, as well as involuntary servitude, except in the shape of confinement with labor,... | |
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