 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 856 pages
...government are the trustees of the public, and as such, accountable for their conduct ; wherefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and...slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. Art. 6. That the right of the people to participate in the Legislature is the best security... | |
 | Thomas Low Nichols - Slavery - 1864 - 388 pages
...they may think proper." MARYLAND, August 14, 1776:— " Whenever the ends of government are perverted, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old or establish a new government." " In all cases and at all times, the military ought to be under strict subordination to, and control... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 656 pages
...entitled to the common law of England, and the trial by jury according to the course of tba'. law. " The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and <1 struct! ve of the good and happiness of mankind» "That the legislative, executive and judicial... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...benefit, protection, and security of the whole, &c., whenever the ends of Government are prevented, or public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other...to reform the old, or establish a new Government." Part. i. art. 10. YEEMONT. 1793. " That all men are born equally free, &c., therefore (prohibition... | |
 | William B. Wedgwood - Law - 1866 - 492 pages
...certain and regular elections and appointments. 10. Whenever the ends of government are perverted, or public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, or where their protection, safety, prosperity, or happiness require it, the people have the right to... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...of Government are the trustees of the public, and as such accountable for their conduct ; wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and...slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. Md., 254. — That the people of this State have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men ; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and...other means of redress are ineffectual, the people of right ought and may to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of non-resistance... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - Political Science - 1867 - 596 pages
...Constitution of 1834, contained immediately after the clause in question the following declaration : — " The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power...slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." § 245. It remains now to notice the third and last kind of documents referred to, namely,... | |
 | Maryland - Constitutions - 1868 - 170 pages
...Government are the Trustees of the Public, and, as such, accountable for their conduct : Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and...slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. ART. 7. That the right of the people to par- Right ot sutticipate in the Legislature is the... | |
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... whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to, reform the old or establish a new government. . The doctrine of non-resistance... 
