| George Sewall Boutwell - 1853 - 130 страници
...Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 : — " The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life." " It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an equitable... | |
| Charles Bishop Goodrich - 1853 - 364 страници
...possessing, and protecting property ; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose...their natural rights, and the blessings of life.* In other words, the object of government is, to sustain and enforce limitations upon the supposed,... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 860 страници
...place let me read the preamble : — " The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect it ; and to furnish the indiridaals who compose it with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity their natural rights... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 854 страници
...first place let me read the preamble :— " The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; ana to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1854 - 324 страници
...Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 : — " The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life." " It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an equitable... | |
| Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 892 страници
...of any one man, family, or class of men. The end of the institution, maintenance and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body...protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it^with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights, and the blessings... | |
| Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 890 страници
...of any one man, family, or class of men. The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to.furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity,... | |
| Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 890 страници
...Constitution declares it to be the end for which government is instituted, to secure and protect society, " and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity, thcir natural rights, and the blessings of life ; " and the purpose of... | |
| Rufus Choate - 1856 - 82 страници
...our government. Remember then, sir, that " the end of the institution, maintenance and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect it ; • and to furnish the indivduals who compose it, with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights... | |
| Thomas Coffin Amory - 1859 - 438 страници
...state constitution declares that the end of government is " to secure to the individuals who compose it the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights and the blessings of life ; " and the most valuable of them all is a good reputation. Public ridicule creates an unjust and injurious... | |
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