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West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 8
The western Virginia Tories — their "Declaration of Independence." The following is the "Declaration of Independence" adopted by the Tories in the Convention at Whelling: "The true purpose of all government is to promote the welfare and provide for the protection and security of the governed, and when any form or organization of government proves inadequate for, or subversive of this purpose, it is the right, it is the duty of the latter to alter or abolish it. The Bill of Rights of Virginia, framed in 1776, reaffirmed in 1830, and again in 1851, expressly reserves this right to the majority of her people, and the existing Constitution does not confer upon the General Assembly the power to call a Convention to alter its provisions, or the change the relations of the Commonwealth, without the previously expressed consent of such majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Con
United States (United States) (search for this): article 8
ropriation of the property of the Federal Government, and by organizing and mobolizing armies, with the avowed purpose of capturing or destroying the Capital of the Union. "They have attempted to bring the allegiance of the people of the United States into direct conflict with their subordinate allegiance to the State, thereby making obedience to their pretended ordinance treason against the former. "We, therefore, the delegates here assembled in Convention to devise such measures andhat the preservation of their dearest rights and liberties, and their security in person and property, imperatively demand the reorganization of the Government of the Commonwealth, and that all acts of said Convention and Executive tending to separate this Commonwealth from the United States, or to levy and carry on war against them, are without authority and void and the offices of all who adhere to the said Convention and Executive, whether Legislative, Executive or Judicial, are vacated."
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ch majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Convention thus called has not only abused the powers nominally entrusted to it, but, with the connivance and active aid of the Executive, has usurped and exercised other powers, to the manifest injury of the people, which, if permitted, will inevitably subject them to a military despotism. "It has attempted to subvert the Union founded by Washington and his compatriots in the purer days of the republic, which has conferred unexampled prosperity upon every class of citizens, and upon every section of the country. "It has attempted to transfer the allegiance of the people to an illegal Confederacy of rebellious States, and required their submission to its pretended edicts and decrees. "It has, attempted to place the whole military force and military operation of the Common wealth under the control and direction of such Confede
Tories — their "Declaration of Independence." The following is the "Declaration of Independence" adopted by the Tories in the Convention at Whelling: "The true purpose of all government is to promote the welfare and provide for the protection and security of the governed, and when any form or organization of government proves inadequate for, or subversive of this purpose, it is the right, it is the duty of the latter to alter or abolish it. The Bill of Rights of Virginia, framed in 1776, reaffirmed in 1830, and again in 1851, expressly reserves this right to the majority of her people, and the existing Constitution does not confer upon the General Assembly the power to call a Convention to alter its provisions, or the change the relations of the Commonwealth, without the previously expressed consent of such majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Convention thus called ha
laration of Independence." The following is the "Declaration of Independence" adopted by the Tories in the Convention at Whelling: "The true purpose of all government is to promote the welfare and provide for the protection and security of the governed, and when any form or organization of government proves inadequate for, or subversive of this purpose, it is the right, it is the duty of the latter to alter or abolish it. The Bill of Rights of Virginia, framed in 1776, reaffirmed in 1830, and again in 1851, expressly reserves this right to the majority of her people, and the existing Constitution does not confer upon the General Assembly the power to call a Convention to alter its provisions, or the change the relations of the Commonwealth, without the previously expressed consent of such majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Convention thus called has not only abused th
to alter or abolish it. The Bill of Rights of Virginia, framed in 1776, reaffirmed in 1830, and again in 1851, expressly reserves this right to the majority of her people, and the existing Constitution does not confer upon the General Assembly the power to call a Convention to alter its provisions, or the change the relations of the Commonwealth, without the previously expressed consent of such majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Convention thus called has not only abused the powers nominally entrusted to it, but, with the connivance and active aid of the Executive, has usurped and exercised other powers, to the manifest injury of the people, which, if permitted, will inevitably subject them to a military despotism. "It has attempted to subvert the Union founded by Washington and his compatriots in the purer days of the republic, which has conferred unexampled prosperity u
dence." The following is the "Declaration of Independence" adopted by the Tories in the Convention at Whelling: "The true purpose of all government is to promote the welfare and provide for the protection and security of the governed, and when any form or organization of government proves inadequate for, or subversive of this purpose, it is the right, it is the duty of the latter to alter or abolish it. The Bill of Rights of Virginia, framed in 1776, reaffirmed in 1830, and again in 1851, expressly reserves this right to the majority of her people, and the existing Constitution does not confer upon the General Assembly the power to call a Convention to alter its provisions, or the change the relations of the Commonwealth, without the previously expressed consent of such majority. The act of the General Assembly calling the Convention which assembled at Richmond in February last was therefore usurpation; and the Convention thus called has not only abused the powers nominally