Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... Annual Register - Page 250edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
| 1887 - 606 pages
...the mother country. It was not until July 27, 1868, that by an Act of Congress it was declared that ' the right of expatriation is a natural ' and inherent...all people, indispensable to the ' enjoyment of the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of ' happiness,' and that ' any declaration, instruction, opinion,... | |
| James Redpath - 1860 - 530 pages
...accomplishment of its declared purpose, the securing to every human being under its authority the privileges of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the protection of which it waa framed. No Constitution, with such an object, can possibly, in any of its articles, deprive... | |
| United States - 1868 - 368 pages
...1868. [PUBLIC— No. 101.] AN ACT concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign states. Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas in the recognition of this principle, this government has freely received... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 672 pages
...abandoned, and a new one on the same subject was reported to the House of Representatives by General Banks on the 20th of February. The preamble declared, "...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the protection of which the Government of the United States was established ;" that... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 650 pages
...abandoned, and a new one on the same subject was reported to the House of Representatives by General Banks on the 20th of February. The preamble declared, "...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the protection of which the Government of the United States was established ;" that... | |
| United States - 1869 - 876 pages
...Improvements. CHAP. CCXLIX. — An Act concerning the Righti of American Citizens in foreign Slates. WHEREAS the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas in the recognition of this principie this government has freely received... | |
| United States - 1869 - 868 pages
...July 27, 1868. /Sioies. WHEREAS the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of Rights of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and ^3er¡n fore^n the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas in the recognition of this princi- states. pie... | |
| Frederick Charles Brightly - 1869 - 680 pages
...honorably discharged from the service of the United States as aforesaid. 27 July IBM} 1. 2. Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all p'eople, 16 atat. 223. indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiRight... | |
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