 | Lydia Maria Child - 1865 - 324 pages
..." THE election of members to serve as representatives of the people in Assembly ought to be free ; and all men having sufficient evidence of permanent...common interest with, and attachment to, the community have the right of suffrage ; and they cannot be taxed, or deprived of their property for public uses,... | |
 | William Darrah Kelley - 1865 - 24 pages
...exercised at present." The declaration of rights, prefixed to the constitution, contained the following: " All men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the community have the right of suffrage." The constitution of North Carolina provided that — "All freemen of the... | |
 | 1865 - 730 pages
...words of the original constitution of that State. Delaware said in her bill of rights: " Every freeman having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the community hath the right of suffrage." This is a declaration amply sufficient to cover every point in the bill... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1866 - 716 pages
...that laid down in the bill of rights of Virginia, and which made the electoral capacity depend on " sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the community." Mr. Madison thus announced his opinions : — " Viewing the subject in its merits alone, the freeholders... | |
 | 1867 - 312 pages
...eligible or ineligible, as the laws shall direct. VIII. That all elections ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1867 - 128 pages
...of members to serve as representatives of the people in the Legislature ought to be free, and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent, common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct. 6. That all elections ought to be free : and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...elections. " Elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free; and all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent...common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1868 - 940 pages
...eligible or ineligible, as the laws shall direct. 8. That all elections ought to be free, and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - 1870 - 542 pages
...power of the State in the hands of the " sober minded " democracy — in the hands of those who give " sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community." They want no constitution which will not give to the floating masses, congregated in the large towns,... | |
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That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot... 
