92 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, 



SECTION THE FIFTH. 



That Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common Ben- 

 efit, Protection and Security of the People, Nation or Community; and 

 not for the particular Emolument or Advantage of any single Man, 

 Family or Set of Men who are a Part only of that Community, And 

 that the Community hath an indubitable, unalienable and indefeasible 

 Eight to reform, alter or abolish Government in such Manner as shall be 

 by that Community judged most conducive to the public Weal. 



SECTION THE SIXTH. 



That those who are employed in ike legislative and executive Business 

 of the State, may be restrained from oppression, the People have a Right 

 at such Periods as they may think proper, to reduce their public Officers 

 to a private Station, and supply the A-^acancies by certain and regular 

 Elections. 



SECTION THE SEVENTH. 



That all Elections ought to be free; and that all free Men having a 

 sufficient evident common Interest with, and Attachment to the Com- 

 munity, have a Right to elect Officers, or be elected into Office. 



SECTION THE EIGHTH. 



That every Member of Society hath a right to be protected in the En- 

 joyment of Life, Liberty and Property, and therefore is bound to con- 

 tribute his Proportion towards the Expense of that Protection, and yield 

 his personal Service, when necessary, or an Equivalent thereto. 



But no Part of a man's Property can be justly taken from him, or 

 applied to public Uses, without his own Consent, or that of his legal 

 Representatives: Nor can any Man who is conscientiously scrupulous of 

 bearing Arms, be justly compelled thereto, if he will pay such Equiva- 

 lent: Nor are the People bound by any Laws, but such as they have in 

 like Manner assented to, for their common Good. 



SECTION THE NINTH. 



That in all Prosecutions for criminal Offences, a Man hath a right to 

 be heard by himself, and his Counsel, to demand the Cause and Nature 

 of his Accusation, to be confronted with the Witnesses, to call for Evi- 

 dence in his Favour, and a speedy public Trial, by an impartial Jury of 

 the Country, without the unanimous Consent of which Jury he cannot 

 be found guilty: nor can he be compelled to give Evidence against hin:i- 

 self : nor can any Man be justly deprived of his Liberty, except by the 

 Laws of the Land, or the Judgment of his Peers. 



SECTION THE TENTH. 



That the People have a Right to hold themselves, their Houses. Papers 



