"THE CONSTITUTIONS OF MOST OF OUR STATES ASSERT THAT ALL POWER IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE; THAT THEY MAY EXERCISE IT BY THEMSELVES, IN ALL CASES TO WHICH THEY THINK THEMSELVES COMPETENT, (AS IN ELECTING THEIR FUNCTIONARIES EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE, AND DECIDING BY A JURY OF THEMSELVES, BOTH FACT AND LAW, IN ALL JUDICIARY CASES IN WHICH ANY FACT IS INVOLVED) OR THEY MAY ACT BY REPRESENTATIVES, FREELY AND EQUALLY CHOSEN; THAT IT IS THEIR RIGHT AND DUTY TO BE AT ALL TIMES ARMED; THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO FREEDOM OF PERSON; FREEDOM OF RELIGION; FREEDOM OF PROPERTY; AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS."