| George Long - 1850 - 704 páginas
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." (16) " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force and viok-nee; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free i-xtrcise of... | |
| Protestant Episcopal Historical Society - 1851 - 244 páginas
...Virginia, met at Williamsburg, in May, 1776, it is said : 'That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Virginia - 1851 - 1348 páginas
...our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ran be directed only bj reason and conviction, not bv force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercwe of rrligion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all... | |
| Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of con•cience." But the constitution itself, passed June 29th, is silent on the subject... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 páginas
...matters of religion. Now I hold that religion is a matter exclusively between God and the individual; and " the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason or conviction ; and thus, I repeat it. this right is in its nature an unalienable right, because it... | |
| Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 páginas
...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| 1855 - 576 páginas
...a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 600 páginas
...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercises of religion, according to the dictates... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1855 - 702 páginas
...and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that " religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence," and that "all men are equally 'entitled to the [ * 49 ] VOL. in. 22 Terrett r. Taylor. 9 C. free exercise... | |
| James Pinkney Hambleton - 1856 - 564 páginas
...extensive. But our glorious old Bill of llighta provided " that religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conscience, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are entitled to a free exercise of religion,... | |
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