...protection, and security ; that the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whenever it becomes necessary to their happiness ; that every power, jurisdiction,...delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the government thereof, remains to the people of the several States, or to their...

...ratification, protocols demanding alterations ; and repeated, in effect, the proposition of Virginia, that " the powers of government may be re-assumed...whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness." The thirteenth State in order of ratification, Rhode Island, consenting only after the government,...

...the pursuit of Happiness are essential rights which every Government ought to respect and preserve. That the Powers of Government may be reassumed by...delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the Government thereof, remains to the People of the several States, or to their...

...People ; that magistrates therefore are their trustees and agents, and at all times amenable to them. 3d That the powers of government may be reassumed by...shall become necessary to their happiness : — That the rights of the States respectively, to nominate and appoint all State Officers, and every other...

...rights of the States respectively, to nominate and appoint all State Officers, and every other power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by the said constitution...delegated to the Congress of the United States or to the departments of government thereof, remain to the people of the several states, or their respective...

...secession. The only one upon which stress is laid is the third, which states — " That the powers of the government may be reassumed by the people, whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness." This merely refers to the right of revolution which is recognized in the Declaration of Independence,...

...safeguard against her neighbor's unjust taxes. But New York voted ratification on the declared premise that '' the powers of government may be reassumed...whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness.'' Other States used similar language. It was clearly understood that those who put the government together...

...more explicitly said: "That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whenever it should become necessary to their happiness, that every power,...delegated to the Congress of the United States or the departments of the government thereof, remains to the people of the several States, or to their...

...more explicitly said: "That the powers of government may he reassumed hy the people whenever it should become necessary to their happiness, that every power,...delegated to the Congress of the United States or the departments of the government thereof, remains to the people of the several States, or to their...

...declaration of the principles on which her assent was given, from which the following extract is made: " That the powers of government may be reassumed by...delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the government thereof, remains to the people of the several States, or to their...