 The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.  The New York Supplement - Page 5081920Full view - About this book
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...voluntary association of individuals — was a social compact, by which the whole people covenanted with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all should be governed by certain laws for the common good. With these views and principles, the people... | |
 | James Creighton Odiorne - Freemasonry - 1830 - 292 pages
...religious right, the people of these United States not only cast off the yoke of foreign domination, but " the whole people covenants with each citizen, and...be governed by certain laws for the common good." We consider it therefore, the duty of every citizen to watch for the public welfare ; to sound the... | |
 | James Creighton Odiorne - Freemasonry - 1830 - 314 pages
...religious right, the people of these United States not only cast off the yoke of foreign domination, but " the whole people covenants with each citizen, and...be governed by certain laws for the common good." We consider it therefore, the duty of every citizen to watch for the public welfare; to sound the alarm... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Digital images - 1831 - 52 pages
...it is declared, that the body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; that it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws, for the common good. The body politic of the United States was formed by the voluntary association of the people of the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...happiness and prosperity. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 pages
...prosperity and happiness. THE body-politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals : It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of (he people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 564 pages
...constitution of Massachusetts, which in its preamble contains the declaration already quoted, that government "is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole government;" are we to construe that compact, after the adoption of the constitution, as still a contract,... | |
 | Law - 1833 - 514 pages
...of Massachusetts, which in its preamble contains the declaration already quoted, that government " is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole government;" are we to construe that compact, after the adoption of the constitution, as still a contract,... | |
 | Richard Sullivan Fay - Anti-Catholicism - 1835 - 98 pages
...the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their mutual rights and the blessings of life." "It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...citizen and each citizen with the whole people, that we shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." "Article 1. All men are born free and equal... | |
 | John Codman, Charles Russell Codman, Francis Codman - 1837 - 442 pages
...reason, especially, can they he expected to relinquish their share in the fundamental principle of our social compact, by which " the whole people covenants...each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, 414 that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." Feeling that they perform their... | |
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