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FOWLERS AND WELLS, PHRENOLOGICAL CABINET, 131 NASSAU STREET
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I.
THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN RIGHTS..... ..Page 7 to 27
Rights are not created by the law. It cannot prescribe a duty or declare a
right except in consonance with the Natural Laws.-The law ought to be
merely declaratory of Natural Rights and Wrongs.-The necessity of a Men-
tal Philosophy to a proper understanding of Human Rights.-Phrenology
adopted as the true Philosophy of Mind.-Mr. Bentham's error in denying
Natural Rights.-Theory of Human Rights based on the innate powers and
dispositions of the mind.-The fundamental rights of man are, the Right to
Existence and the Right to Happiness.-The Argument stated.-The Natural
Depravity of Man denied.-The faculties of Mankind considered in reference
to the Social State.-The Argument.-Right to live in Society inferred.-And
such being the right of mankind, the State cannot require the surrender of
any Natural Rights from the Social Man.
CHAPTER II.
THE TRUE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. .p. 28-46
Government is a thing of Moral Necessity, arising from inferior intellectual and
Moral organizations in a portion of Mankind. The doctrine of Equality con-
sidered. What degree of moral restraint may be imposed by Government.
-A good man needs no coercion from the law.-The true idea of Civil Liber-
ty. The adaptation of the Laws to the Constitution of the Human Mind.-
The laws ought to be general, equal, and impartial.-Privileges at war with
Rights. The usurpation and injustice of Special Legislation.
CHAPTER III.
THE CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT ..p. 46-61
The people as Sovereign by the Constitution delegate the power of govern-
ment to their representatives or agents. In a pure Democracy there is no ne-
cessity for a written Constitution.-Reasons for a written Constitution in a
Representative Government.-The office of the Constitution.-It is not irre-
vocable-but may be altered or changed at the pleasure of the majority of
the people.-The people cannot bind themselves irrevocably to any form of
Government or mode of administration.-The distribution of the powers of
Government by the Constitution.-Appointment of officers-Their choice by
the people.-Reflections upon American imitations of the British Constitution.