| North Carolina - 1881 - 998 pages
...securities of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. ~- SEC. 20. The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained, but every individual shall be held responsible for the abuse... | |
| Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
| John Esten Cooke - 1883 - 578 pages
...permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community " should have the right of suffrage. The freedom of the press is " one of the great bulwarks...never be restrained but by despotic governments." The natural defense of a state is " a well-regulated militia ; " standing armies are " dangerous to... | |
| Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 734 pages
...trial by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. XII. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks...can never be restrained but by despotic governments. XIII. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,... | |
| Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
..."Bill of Rights" of 1776, written also by Jefferson, it is declared that — All power is invested in, and consequently derived from, the people, that...bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained, but by the despotic governments. And yet again : in the " Declaration of Rights " in Massachusetts, in 1780,... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1884 - 1254 pages
...institutions. The bill of rights accompanying the constitution of Virginia (1776) declared " that the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks...never be restrained but by despotic governments." The first constitution of Vermont (1777) declared that " The people have a right to freedom of speech... | |
| Simon Newton Dexter North - 1884 - 524 pages
...phraseology remains in the constitution of 1868. The North Carolina constitution (1776) declared "that the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained". The constitution of 1868 retained this phraseology, with the... | |
| United States census office - 1884 - 498 pages
...phraseology remains in the constitution of 18G8. The North Carolina constitution (1776) declared ''that the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained". The constitution of 1808 retained this phraseology, with the... | |
| George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 pages
...the ancient trial by jury ought to be held sacred. " The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. "A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural,... | |
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