Excerpt from Constitution of the State of Delaware: Adopted in Convention, June 4th, A. D. 1897 Through Divine goodness, all men have. By nature the mafia, rights rights of worshiping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences, of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring and protecting reputation and property, and in general of attaining objects suitable to their condition, without injury by one to another; and as these rights are essential to their welfare. For the due exercise thereof, power is inherent in them; and therefore all just authority in the institutions of political society is derived from the peeple,1uherent power and established with their consent, to advance their happiness; and they may for this end, as circumstances require, from time to time, alter their Constitution of government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.